Shaw TerryTerry Shaw of Howling Hills Publishing has been helping people tell their stories for more than 30 years. He's worked as a newspaper reporter and columnist, a copywriter and publicist, a freelance book editor, and a content manager for a Fortune 500 ompany.His experience editing a daily newspaper on the coast of Maine inspired his novel, "The Way Life Should Be," which won the Gather First Chapters Contest and was published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster.He has also been a journalist in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York. In late 2022, he cofounded Howling Hills, which publishes nonfiction books from Greater Appalachia, an area loosely defined as North Georgia to Maine -- the length of the Appalachian Trail."Despite the contrast in accents, I see more similarities than differences among the people living in what we consider Greater Appalachia," the Penn State graduate said. "At Howling Hills, our goal is to build a strong community of readers and writers throughout the region and have fun doing it."Shaw serves on the board of the Tennessee Mountain Writers and is a past president of the Knoxville Writers' Guild. He lives with his wife and two standard poodles in the Holston River Valley and enjoys hiking, gardening, and cycling. Read More Read Less