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 Monday, August 24, 2020 features a family in crisis, a child in danger, and an undercover operation beginning to unravel.…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, August 21, 2020 features Nelle (seemingly) biting off more than she can chew, Willow making a heart-wrenching discovery, and…
The Young and the Restless recap for August 17-21, 2020 features Sharon gaining a new client, a major shake-up at Newman Enterprises, the Abbott family…
General Hospital spoilers for August 24-28, 2020 reveal an incredible amount of drama on the horizon, most of it courtesy of the trouble surrounding little…
Days of our Lives spoilers for August 24-28, 2020 tease a terrifying encounter for Ciara Brady, a custody hearing that pits brother against sister, and…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, August 20, 2020 features emotion-evoking performances, an endowment of epic proportions, and a kidnapping scheme going off the tracks.…
True friendships are important commodities – even for the most famous of celebrities and the most popular of soap stars. But sometimes that isn’t easy…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, August 19, 2020 features the public declaration of a private condition, the resurrection of seriously pissed-off hero, and the…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, August 17, 2020 features the screeching end to yet another Wyndemere set soiree, a scheme uncovered, and just a…
The General Hospital recap for August 10-14, 2020, features irrefutable proof that there is truth to the old phrase “one step forward, two steps back.”…
