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.
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The General Hospital recap for Friday, October 11, 2019, features a soul in torment, minds eased, lies told, and surprise commiseration partners. General Hospital Recap…
General Hospital spoilers for October 14-18 reveal a villain in self-preservation mode and a secret poised to implode an already unstable coupling. General Hospital Spoilers…
Victimized heroines are a dime a dozen. There’s literally been a score (or four) throughout soap opera history. But poor Kelly Capwell – the perennial-in-peril…
He was daytime’s answer to Perry Mason and despite being played by three different actors (John Larkin, Lawrence Hugo, and Forrest Compton), Mike Karr –…
The General Hospital recap for Tuesday, October 8 features a canceled wedding, a thinly veiled threat, and a monumental decision. General Hospital Recap Highlights EVERYBODY…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, October 7 features an interrupted wedding, an angry father, and a whole lot of suspicion directed at Peter August.…
The Young and the Restless recap for September 30-October 4, 2019 features all the goings-on in dramatic Genoa City. The Young and the Restless Recap:…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, October 4 features a canvas full of suspicious minds and a damaging secret threatening to explode and upend countless…
General Hospital spoilers for October 7- 11, 2019 reveal a damning declaration and an investigation into an evil-doer’s actions. You won’t want to miss a…
