Garren Waldo is a Contributing Writer at Soap Hub. Based in Tennessee, this Southern Fried Spitfire, and authority on all things soapy, whiles away his time critiquing, recapping, and spoiling. He’s sure that within him exists the next Great American Novel, a sensational stage play, and a noteworthy serial or two.
Title: Contributing Writer, Daytime TV Columnist Location: Spring City, Tennessee
Expertise
Topics of Expertise: Critical Analysis, Critical Reading, Soap History, Turning A Phrase Years in This Expertise: 25+ Shows You Write About: The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless. Bygone soap operas (Edge of Night, Guiding Light, Ryan’s Hope, et al.), Foreign serials.
Education & Certifications
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Tennessee Wesleyan College Years of Writing:Professionally: 3+, For Pleasure: 25+
A Word from Garren Waldo
Why Author Chose This Career: I’ve been enamored of the soap opera genre for as long as I can remember, and my most fervent desire is to one day have my name mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Irna Phillips, Henry Slesar, Pat Falken Smith, and Douglas Marland, or, barring what may be the impossible, at the very least alongside soap journalist greats such as John Kelly Genovese, P.K. Waddle, Mimi Torchin, and Marlena De Lacroix. How Author Began Career: An editor with a masochistic streak and the patience of a saint saw fit to take pity on me, an untried but promising scribe with extensive knowledge of soap operas and storylines past and the ability to entertain via the written word. Personal Interests: Dissecting film and television; plugging the myriad of gaps in my knowledge; reading; penning the next Great American Novel, a play that would make Tennessee Williams weep, and an original TV serial worthy of note. Small goals, really.
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, June 22, 2021, features Valentin complicating Brook Lynn and Maxie’s already complicated scheme, Ava choosing her daughter over her…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, June 21, 2021, features Ava and Nikolas getting quite the shock, Chase pulling a Lazarus, and Josslyn proving that…
It was a rare sight indeed. Jackée Harry’s usually unflappable Paulina Price was stunned. Some might even say flabbergasted. And it’s for her handling of…
The Bold and the Beautiful recaps for June 14-18, 2021, feature Paris holding numerous fates in her hands, Liam surprising Thomas with a heartfelt request,…
The General Hospital recaps for June 14-18, 2021, featuring Willow and Chase taking, “till death,” quite literally, someone getting the best of Ava, and Dante…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, June 18, 2021, features Chase’s dying wish being fulfilled, Finn and Gregory receiving an answer to a pressing question,…
The Days of our Lives recap for Wednesday, June 16, 2021, features Paulina learning a little bit too much about her daughter’s extracurricular activities, Steve…
