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 DAYS spoilers for November 29 – December 3, 2021, tease the formation of several unlikely alliances, an imperiled heroine getting herself out of a…
The Days of our Lives recap for Wednesday, November 24, 2021, features Doug Williams’s homecoming, MarDevil putting Susan Banks in a no-win situation, Paulina Price…
The Days of our Lives recap for Tuesday, November 23, 2021, features Julie Williams and Belle Black (momentarily) beating the Devil, the spouses Johnson getting…
The General Hospital recap for Monday, November 22, 2021, features (sigh) Peter August living to see another day, a crisis at the titular hospital, and…
The DAYS spoilers for Tuesday, November 23, 2021, tease a less than cheerful holiday, several characters being called on the carpet and a young gentleman…
The Days of our Lives recaps for November 15 – November 19, 2021, feature an objected-to wedding, several couples in crisis, a plethora of confessions,…
The General Hospital recap for Friday, November 19, 2021, features Harrison Chase compounding a lie, Sonny Corinthos greatly disappointing his missus, a medical emergency for…
The DAYS spoilers for Monday, November 22, 2021, tease the spotting of an MIA anti-heroine, familial conflict, and the settling for second best. You won’t…
The DAYS spoilers for November 22 – November 26, 2021, tease a bloody demand, a homecoming, spoiled holiday celebrations, and much more. DAYS Spoilers Highlights…
The Y&R spoilers for November 22 – November 26, 2021, tease a very special holiday-themed episode, a businesswoman proposing a very lucrative offer, and much…
The General Hospital recap for Thursday, November 18, 2021, features Carly Corinthos up against something she’s not at all used to – someone telling her…
The Days of our Lives recap for Thursday, November 18, 2021, features the Devil getting Chanel Dupree’s tongue and making it wag, Susan Banks learning…
The General Hospital recap for Wednesday, November 17, 2021, features Carly Corinthos once again making it all about herself, a missing child, a baby endangered,…
