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January 31, 2008 11:56 PM EST (featured date: February 01, 2008) — At first I thought it was a mistake. I was checking Simon & Schuster's website - SimonSays, to make sure it listed three upcoming appearances to promote my novel, "The Way Life Should Be." . . . more
October 30, 2007 07:49 AM EDT (featured date: October 30, 2007) — E ver throw up during a job interview?   Well, I wouldn’t recommend it, but it once worked for me.   I was 25 and trying to land a job as city editor of The Times Record . . . more
October 21, 2007 02:43 PM EDT (featured date: October 21, 2007) — My novel "The Way Life Should Be" is set in the fictional town of Stone Harbor, Maine. In creating the town, I used elements of Brunswick, Bath, Camden and Rockland, Maine. My wife and I lived . . . more
September 25, 2007 11:26 AM EDT (featured date: September 26, 2007) —   When you grow up in a small town, one of your earliest goals is usually to get the hell out as soon as possible. At least that’s the way it was for me and my friends in Corry, Pennsylvania, . . . more
September 20, 2007 09:32 PM EDT (featured date: September 21, 2007) — Yesterday I drove to Corry, Pennsylvania to meet Terry Shaw, winner of Gather’s First Chapter Contest.   We gathered in the Corry Public Library at 6PM to meet Terry and his wife and listen . . . more
September 16, 2007 06:37 PM EDT (featured date: September 18, 2007) — The Way Life Should Be - Review by Tyron Paul Touchard      The last Thursday of November 2004, killing a slow afternoon at work, I told the finance guy that I was going to write a . . . more
September 17, 2007 04:53 PM EDT (featured date: September 17, 2007) — As many here know, Terry Shaw was the winner of the Gather First Chapters Writing Competition, that was run in conjunction with Touchstone/Simon & Schuster that began last January. As winner, his . . . more
September 14, 2007 03:18 PM EDT (featured date: September 14, 2007) —   Warning to mystery fans:  Throw away your tasseled bookmarks for this whodunit.  It's that kind of pager-turner.   The sign says, "Welcome to Maine-The Way Life Should . . . more
September 04, 2007 02:26 AM EDT (featured date: September 11, 2007) — As most people here know, Terry Shaw is the winner of The Gather First Chapters Writing Competition that ran last January. Geoffrey Edwards, another Gather member, is the runner up in the Gather First . . . more
September 03, 2007 10:57 PM EDT (featured date: September 04, 2007) —   I've always wanted to be a novelist and thanks to everyone here at Gather, Simon & Schuster/Touchstone is releasing my first book Sep. 18.  "The Way Life Should Be" is . . . more
September 04, 2007 11:12 AM EDT (featured date: September 04, 2007) — From THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE by Terry Shaw. Copyright © 2007 by Terry Shaw. Reprinted by permission of Touchstone Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.   Prologue It was three a.m. . . . more
June 20, 2007 09:20 PM EDT (featured date: September 04, 2007) —  It’s easy to finish a novel. Take “The Way Life Should Be.” I must have finished it a dozen times in the past few years. Well, at least I thought I’d finished it. Looking . . . more
 
The Way Life Should Be
Owner: Terry Shaw
Created: Aug 16, 2007
Gather member Terry Shaw, winner of the original First Chapters competition, earned a publishing contract with Simon & Schuster for The Way Life Should Be. Here, learn about why he wrote this Maine-based mystery novel - and publish your reviews.
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