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 GH spoilers recap for Thursday, February 10, 2022, features Maxie Jones managing to talk some sense into Peter August, and more people lining up to praise…
In this historical Days of our Lives recap, originally penned by Diane Brounstein, it’s February 8, 2018, and unless looks are deceiving, two beloved Salemites…
The GH spoilers recap for Tuesday, February 8, 2022, features Victor Cassadine’s best-laid plan going to pot and Carly Corinthos quoting 1990s’ Kelly Taylor. GH…
The GH spoilers recap for Monday, February 7, 2022, features an ill-advised rendezvous and a secret identity finally being revealed to all and sundry. GH…
In this historical Days of our Lives recap, originally penned by Diane Brounstein, it’s February 7, 2018, and Rafe Hernandez finds himself in an unenviable…
You won’t find Salem or Port Charles on a map, but that hasn’t stopped these fan-favorite performers from upping sticks and trading General Hospital’s upstate…
The GH spoilers for February 7 – February 11, 2022, tease a failure to communicate resulting in adultery, a baby napping, an unconventional V-Day, and…
The GH spoilers recap for Thursday, February 3, 2022, features Austin Gatlin-Holt passing judgment on Maxie Jones…and finding her guilty of being an awesome mother.…
