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 Tuesday, January 18, 2022, features Marshall’s date with Epiphany hitting a major snag…disrupting Hamilton Finn and Elizabeth Webber Baldwin’s romantic…
Stefano DiMera, Days of our Lives’ preeminent baddie, was the brainchild of soapsmith Pat Falken Smith and actor Joseph Mascolo’s crowning glory. The character debuted…
The DAYS spoilers recap Monday, January 17, 2022, features the brothers DiMera putting Cane and Able to shame, EJ DiMera letting his mouth override his…
Like many a DAYS baddie, hard-hearted EJ DiMera does have some actual rooting value…but only just. And that’s thanks entirely to the heavy lifting being…
The GH spoilers recap for Friday, January 14, 2022, features Sonny Corinthos spiraling, Ava Jerome Cassadine doling out both good and bad advice, Spencer Cassadine…
The DAYS spoilers recap for Friday, January 14, 2022, features JoDevil getting one over on EJ DiMera and Chad DiMera, Lucas Horton learning the hard way that…
The GH spoilers recap for Thursday, January 13, 2022, features Brad Cooper filling in a plot hole, Peter August telling Felicia Scorpio all about herself,…
The DAYS spoilers recap for Thursday, January 13, 2022, features a not entirely copacetic caper, and Rafe Hernandez proving that he’s smarter than the average…
The DAYS spoilers for Friday, January 14, 2022, tease disorder in the court, a not so welcome homecoming, and some good old-fashioned wheeling and dealing.…
The GH spoilers recap for Wednesday, January 12, 2022, features Alexis Davis handing Tracy Quartermaine a get-out-of-jail-free card, Austin Gatlin-Holt refusing to buy what Brook…
The DAYS spoilers recap for Wednesday, January 12, 2022, features the Devil pulling the wool over EJ DiMera’s eyes, Allie Horton debating whether or not…
The GH spoilers recap for Tuesday, January 11, 2022, features Austin Gatlin-Holt and Maxie Jones admitting that there might be a spark between…but not to…
The DAYS spoilers recap for Tuesday, January 11, 2022, features a possessed Johnny DiMera one-upping Susan Banks, Mama Price getting quite the eyeful, and the…
