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.
General Hospital recap for January 20-24 features a less than cordial reunion and a residency shuffle. General Hospital Recap Highlights Reunions between estranged fathers and…
The Bold and the Beautiful recap for January 20-24 features Brooke in unfamiliar territory, Sally standing her ground, and threats all around. The Bold and…
Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton. A fractious reel life romance carried over into the real world where the intense passion just couldn’t be sustained.…
The General Hospital spoilers for January 27-31, 2020, reveal danger lurking in both Port Charles and Brooklyn, Lulu putting her foot down, Jax and Nina…
Despite being advertised as a season finale, the December 19, 2019 episode of OWN’s Ambitions was, in actuality, the series’ finale. The heartbreaking news came…
Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher – from America’s Favorite Couple to the epicenter of Tinsletown’s most scandalous love affair. Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher Meet…
Long before she was a personality residing in a microchip implanted in her doppelganger’s brain, Princess Gina was a living, breathing disillusioned artistic aristocrat with…
Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould — a red-hot passion cooled by diverging career trajectories and tempered in subsequent decades by a shared adoration of their…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, January 20, 2020 features a fractious reunion between father and son, Michael making a deal with the devil, Charlotte…
Tyler Christopher and Eva Longoria’s romance and marriage were conducted with so much secrecy that they were long divorced by the time their fellow celebrities…
On General Hospital, Police Commissioner Jordan Ashford is on the outs with her husband and son. Luckily for actress Briana Nicole Henry, her spare time…
The Days of Our Lives recap for January 13-17, 2020, features Ciara finally getting a straight answer, Kristen getting a surprise, Lani taking someone else…
The General Hospital recap for January 13-17, 2020, features an important lesson: Villains always prosper here. General Hospital Recap Highlights Anyone operating under the assumption…
The General Hospital spoilers for January 20-24, 2020 reveal, amongst other things, Nikolas getting the cold shoulder from Spencer and signing away his soul. Also,…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, January 16, 2020, features Nelle throwing her weight around, Lulu unloading on her brother and the Corinthos’ dealing with…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, January 15, 2020, features Nelle throwing her weight around, Lulu getting some answers, Stella trying to talk some sense…
