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 Young and the Restless spoilers for February 22-26, 2021, tease Sharon’s assignation coming back to bite her, Chloe learning a shocking secret, and so…
The General Hospital spoilers for February 22-26, 2021, tease Peter’s chickens coming home to roost, Ava receiving a most unpleasant present, and so much more.…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, February 18, 2021, features Nina seeking outside assistance, the brothers Grey having a difference of opinion, and Jason letting…
She experienced a sudden rise to stardom, a dizzying crash into obscurity, and a spectacular return to prominence. And now Cybill Shepherd is poised to…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, February 17, 2021, features Nina, Curtis, and Lesley making their true feelings known, and Sam declaring her independence. General…
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, February 16, 2021, features Sonny getting a clue, Cyrus getting personal, Alexis staring defeat in the face, and Nina…
An emergency recast helped keep General Hospital’s Marcus Taggert on-screen during actor Réal Andrews’s brief hiatus – but now Andrews is back at work, at…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, February 15, 2021, features Nina getting both welcome and crushing confirmation, Alexis letting herself down, and a cop on…
On General Hospital, poor Dev was killed in The Floating Rib explosion. Off-screen, performer Ashton Arbab has just celebrated a major life milestone. Happy Birthday,…
Everybody’s got an opinion…especially where their favorite daytime drama is concerned – and Soap Hub is no different. For five days we sat and watched…
The Bold and the Beautiful recap for February 8-12, 2021, features the Liam/Hope/Steffy/Finn quartet anxiously awaiting the results of a paternity test and Brooke and…
The Young and the Restless recap for February 8-12, 2021, features Theo and Sally dropping a truth bomb, Abby bogarting the limelight, Johnny making Lily…
The General Hospital recap for February 8-12, 2021, features Peter confiding in Valentin, Britt making waves at the hospital, and Nina reaching out to an…
The Days of Our Lives spoilers for February 8-12, 2021, features yet another Horton biting the dust, two parent-child reunions, a wedding, and so much…
The Young and the Restless spoilers for February 15-19, 2021, tease Devon and Amanda taking their relationship to the next level, Sally getting spooked, and…
The General Hospital spoilers for February 15-19, 2021, tease a fact-finding mission, the potential outing of Carly’s long-kept secret, forward momentum in Sonny’s story, and…
Ice-T, the actor who’s played Sergeant Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on Law & Order: SVU since 2000, has offered up a teaser concerning Chris Meloni’s upcoming…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, February 8, 2021, features Valentin attempting to coax Peter AWAY from the dark side, and the past threatening to…
