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C.C. Payne

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Lexington, Kentucky

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http://www.ccpayne.net

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C. C. Payne was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, by a family chock-full of superb storytellers: readers, writers, teachers, librarians and lawyers – yes, Payne insists that any lawyer worth his salt knows how to tell a good, persuasive story! Growing up,she says, all kinds of stories were used, to quiet, to entertain, and to teach life lessons, but all stories worked to instill a love of the story – any story.

"Naturally, at the age of seven," Payne says, "I became a voracious reader. After that,the house could’ve fallen down around my ears, and I would’ve just thought, 'Does this mean I have to put my book down?'"

Payne's first novel, Something to Sing About, received a boxed, starred review from Booklist, was named one of the Top Te ...more

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Hey, y'all! I have a new (online) home at www.ccpayne.net!

I'm transitioning my blog over to that site, so this will be my last entry here. If you're receiving my blog by email and you want to continue receiving it, you'll need to come on over to www.ccpayne.net and sign up again, on the "Blog" page--sorry!--last time, I promise!

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Average rating: 4.05 · 1,348 ratings · 249 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Thing About Leftovers 4.11 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lula Bell on Geekdom, Freakdom & the Challenges of Bad Hair 3.81 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something to Sing About really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lula Bell on Geekdom, Freakdom, & the Challenges of Bad Hair by Payne, C.C. (2012) Hardcover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I don't believe there are readers and non-readers; I believe there are those who've found the right books and those who haven't--yet!”
― C.C. Payne

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“You’ve got to be willin’ to let your light shine no matter who’s watchin’—if you let your light shine, then others will feel better about letting their lights shine, and we all have a light in us that wants to shine, that’s meant to shine. You understand?”
― C.C. Payne, Lula Bell on Geekdom, Freakdom, & the Challenges of Bad Hair

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“You only did it once,” Grandma said, “because somebody took the time to teach you that throwing a hissy fit wouldn’t get you what you wanted in life—everybody has to learn that at some point.”
― C.C. Payne, Lula Bell on Geekdom, Freakdom, & the Challenges of Bad Hair

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