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Holly Lynn Payne

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The United States

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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Paulo Coelho, John Green ...more

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September 2007

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Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning, internationally published novelist in eleven countries. Her debut novel, The Virgin’s Knot, was named a Discover Great New Writers Book from Barnes & Noble. Her third novel, Kingdom of Simplicity, based on a true story of forgiveness, won a First Place Benjamin Franklin Award and Grand Prize for Writers Digest. She is the host and producer of the Page One Podcast and interviews the world’s master storytellers on the stories and struggles behind the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of their books. Notable guests include bestselling authors Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), Dean Koontz, JT Ellison, Tess Gerritsen, Robert Dugoni, Alka Joshi and Yasmin Darznik among others.

She is the former CE Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning, internationally published novelist in eleven countries. Her debut novel, The Virgin’s Knot, was named a Discover Great New Writers Book from Barnes & Noble. Her third novel, Kingdom of Simplicity, based on a true story of forgiveness, won a First Place Benjamin Franklin Award and Grand Prize for Writers Digest. She is the host and producer of the Page One Podcast and interviews the world’s master storytellers on the stories and struggles behind the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of their books. Notable guests include bestselling authors Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), Dean Koontz, JT Ellison, Tess Gerritsen, Robert Dugoni, Alka Joshi and Yasmin Darznik among others.

She is the former CEO and founder of Booxby, a startup backed by a grant from the National Science Foundation that built a patented AI technology to aid book discovery for authors. She founded Skywriter Books, an award-winning small press, publishing consultancy and writing coaching service which she continues to serve. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her daughter and has volunteered as a producer for Litquake, the West Coast’s largest literary festival.

When she’s not writing, interviewing, or coaching other writers, she enjoys getting dirty on a mountain bike, surfing and hiking with her daughter and Labrador retriever, Lady Gaia. She holds a BA with honors from University of Richmond, where she received a distinguished Alumni Award, an MFA from USC, and MIM from the Academy of Intuition Medicine, bringing her healing gifts to her writing coaching clients. Payne has served on the faculty of the Academy of Art University, California College of the Arts and Stanford, and loves helping people reclaim their voice through storytelling. She has written for Huffington Post, Release Print Magazine, University of Richmond Alumni Magazine, MOCA+ magazine and Medium. She received her MFA from USC and can be found at www.hollylynnpayne.com and on Instagram and Twitter @hollylynnpayne.

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Confessions of a Cell Phone Addict: And a Cure

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I’ve just emerged from 94 hours unplugged at a hilltop monastery off the coast of Big Sur, California. Last year, I did the same thing but for different reasons. My friends thought I was nuts. I told them I needed to unplug, sleep, write and think. I didn’t go for vespers, prayer, or any service. I’m not even Catholic; however, I had a confession: I am addicted t

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Average rating: 3.61 · 972 ratings · 157 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Virgin's Knot 3.55 avg rating — 560 ratings — published 2002 — 22 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
	Kingdom of Simplicity 3.73 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Sound of Blue 3.31 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2004 — 9 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
	DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi 4.20 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Rose Girl: A Tale of Resilience and Rumi 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
	Always November: Lessons in Love, Loss and Resilience by Arik Housley, Holly Lynn Payne (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 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
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“If you can love all who've betrayed you... you can taste sweetness in everything.”
― Holly Lynn Payne, DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi

tags: betrayal, forgiveness, love, roses, rumi, sweetness

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“She did not need anyone else's love when she had roses.”
― Holly Lynn Payne, DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi

tags: inspiration, love, roses, rumi

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“....it struck her that that perhaps everyone had the ability to see themselves in others. Even in the rocks. Even in the roses.”
― Holly Lynn Payne, DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi

tags: other-people, rocks, roses, rumi, self-awareness, viewpoint

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Holly’s Quotes

“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
― Rumi, Masnavi i Man'avi, the spiritual couplets of Maula

tags: wisdom

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“The only mistake you have made is asking the wrong question. It isn't about what you did wrong. It's what you have not yet done.”
― Holly Lynn Payne, DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi

tags: life-lessons, roses, rumi, spirituality

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“I was afraid of the dance once, too. But I learned to embrace it and the mistakes I would make. Do not turn away from your fear. Turn toward love instead.”
― Holly Lynn Payne, DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi

tags: dance, embrace-who-you-are, fear, love, mistakes, rumi

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“The dance had distilled her and she had become one with the essence of all that is.”
― Holly Lynn Payne, DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi

tags: dance, destiny, essence-of-life, one-with-the-universe, rumi, sufi

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“Be willing to turn your attention to that which serves you.”
― Holly Lynn Payne, DAMASCENA - The Tale of Roses and Rumi

tags: attention, coming-of-age, destiny, rumi, serve, understanding

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message 5: by Kalvinder

Dec 30, 2009 06:03AM

Hey Holly,

Compliments of the season to you and family. How are you?

Kalvinder

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message 4: by Martha

Dec 17, 2008 10:21PM

Is this really you??? Your picture is gorgeous! Must be married life, huh???

Miss you, Holly.

Happy holidays. Hope to see you in '09...

fondly,
martha

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message 3: by Molly

Dec 07, 2008 01:44PM

Holly, how the heck are ya? It's been a coon's age - we need to catch up! Thanks for inviting me on this site. I am def in need of a good new read.

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message 2: by Holly

Dec 03, 2008 03:56PM

Hi Drew! So good to hear from you. This is a great site. I have to post some books -- the problem is there's sooo many great ones! The new book is due in late May. Let's have our lunch soon and catch up.

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message 1: by Drew

Dec 03, 2008 03:11PM