 On July 18, 2008, it was announced that Alden would be appointed co-head writer of "The Bold and the Beautiful" in the coming weeks.During the WGA strike she went under financial core status while working for "The Bold and the Beautiful".In 2012, Alden was spotted on the set of "The Young and the Restless" for the taping of the show's 10,000th episode, leading many to believe she'd re-joined the show as a writer or story consultant.