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Flawless Series

The Flawless Series is a 6 book YA modern fantasy series. Each book features a heroine who feels broken yet her flaws make her powerful. The books are woven with current issues from depression, domestic violence, cancer, child trafficking, mental illness, and the powerful life lessons that come from difficult situations.

*This series release date has been moved back due to health complications related with covid delayed symptoms.*

Fire and Ash  – Book one

Bellamy is nearly burned at the stake with her sister.  She is graced to become one of the few dragons on Earth.  Loneliness is unbearable for her in the 21st century. She enrolls in the most unlikely place, high school.  Has she overestimated her control around humans and will the tall, dark and handsome Ash become her savior?  Or will she be too hot for him to handle? 

Sofia the Destroyer  – Book two

Sofia survived leukemia and high school only to be struck by lightning.  She wakes up months later breathing water in a tank.  The scientists who want to harvest her new found abilities will stop at nothing.  Will Sofia’s friend Nate help her escape, or is his only interest in using her powers?  And what will her father say when he finds out that not only have the reports of her death been greatly exaggerated but now she can talk to dear dead Grandmother?  

Billy’s Holiday – Book Three

When Billy ends up in a tight spot kidnapped by the son of a mafia don, she sings to him until he blows his own brains out. Running from the mob, Billy finds Kai and his RV of rescued pets. They stay one step ahead of assassins, the law, and the consequences of her hypnotic voice while learning about her alien father. Will Billy find harmony with her gift or continue to run from love? 

Hazel Sees All – Book Four

Hazel has started having visions and answering people before they speak. Each night she dreams and sees individuals being drawn to her grandparents ranch, telling their stories around a campfire.  The dreams are so calm in contrast with the burning chaos that she is racing through on her motorbike.  She sees Jude an injured conscripted soldier of the Black Ops Army, finding his way to the ranch.  Hazel also witnesses his platoon not far behind razing each settlement in their path.  Will she get there in time to save her grandparents and Jude whom she has grown to love.  

Gone Wild – Book Five

Sam has broken the rules and gone to the End of the World Dance where she meets Carter the boy of her dreams.  Then her future is destroyed the next morning when she must save her siblings from the Reaping.  Most of Earth’s children are taken to repopulate a new planet.  As furious parents destroy the remnants of civilization Sam, Carter, and her family escape to their mountain stronghold.  It is there that Sam finds her powerful connection to the Earth, realizes that she is a leader, and gives herself over to the Wild.  Will she be able to save humanity or be consumed by her new found abilities?  

Eve Brought Death – Book Six

Just hours after baby Eve is rescued from a dumpster she unintentionally kills Ax’s mother with her otherworldly eyes.  After a time Ax becomes her protector and Eve is adopted into The Family, a group of fringe criminals.  Eve and Ax grow up honing mental powers and combat skills. When the Family must flee Earth Eve finds her father and struggles to forgive him for abandoning her.  Ax, on the other hand, has always protected her.  Will she allow him to prove that he is The One for her?

Would you like to be a beta reader?  I am looking for people who love to read and are good at giving productive feed back.  For example: 

This is repetitive.  It moves too slow here. Tell me more about the villain. Etc. 

If this sounds interesting to you fill out the form below.  Thank you!

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Your Life is NOT “Spent”

Healing in His Wings
“Healing in His Wings” – C. Fausett – 2019
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.  Rom. 13:11-12

The time is not “spent” there is time to fill your life with light and love.  As we rush from task to task spending money, time, and energy. Know that there is the exact amount of time you require to wrap your life in light and love. 

When you consciously bring light and love into your life the cacophony of daily activity becomes a symphony.  Each instrument is brought into tune and there is harmony. Harmony to me is like the experience of Grace in one’s life.  This is a beautiful power beyond our own ability or strength that enables greater success than we could ever achieve on our own. 

When you feel like you’ve spent your energy, youth, health, and all that remains is the pressing weight of responsibilities, pain, fatigue, and emptiness this is when light and love can shine the brightest.  However it is at this time when light and love seem unattainable. What could possibly crack open your empty hollow shell to allow light and love into your being?  

It is hope and the promise of change.  Just because daily life is intolerable does not mean that it must be your ever after reality.  Just by reading this and opening your thoughts to the idea of a different existence you are taking the first small step.  

The idea is beautiful yet scary to many . . . change.  What if life gets worse? This is the first question many ask.  We are pre-programmed for survival. Because of this we automatically imagine failure, more work, or any number of difficult situations that make us believe that we’d be better off to just continue in our known reality.  Because the unknown, which has not occurred, could be our destruction. In our mind this seems to be logical, but it is not. We are already destroying ourselves, pressed down by our current expenditure of life force, energy, money, time . . . the list never ends.  So change is required for survival.  

But there is one thing that is easy to forget when considering change.  You are not to do all the heavy lifting of change by yourself. This is where hope enters and it makes all the difference.  Hope is obtained from somewhere. Where? Is it found in the darkness of temporary success or sating of desires? Hope goes beyond the temporary.  Hope is found in the knowledge that miracles are real and that God is blessing you. Hope is found in the knowledge that this temporary life is a part of something much larger, your existence as a divine being.  

Consider allowing yourself to believe that you are loved by a Father in Heaven.  Consider that He is placing opportunities and blessings in your path so that you can see the good even in difficult situations.  

For example:  When my sons were young our family was struggling in every way possible.  It was a very dark time and I was not certain that we would survive. In fact I could not see beyond my health, marital, financial, and issues of faith.  It was such a dark time that I consciously turned off my emotions so I could function for my sons. I became nothing but a shell. One night I prayed without hope, desperately giving all my hurt and dreams to Jesus.  I couldn’t handle life, I was barely surviving. So I gave it all to Him, even my dreams. At the time I didn’t really believe that God would concern Himself with my beautiful aspirations that seemed so out of reach. I thought God’s job was to keep us on track so that we didn’t screw our lives up too much.  It was the next day when I began to understand in my mind that He would bless us as much as we allow. A tiny significant miracle occurred. My husband hugged me. It was a small amount of love and light. When this occurred, I didn’t push away. From that moment on I practiced saying yes to the blessings that God put in my path.  Next came the water balloon fight. It was a crack in the tight band of darkness that had surrounded our home.  I accepted the love and light this brought. Next was the dream art show at the BYU Museum of Art. For 3 months I worked intensely.  This work was indeed a miracle on many levels. I said yes to the exhibit, though it was very difficult to complete the work on time with marital issues and financial problems.  

All your problems are temporary.  All of them. Including physical issues like my hearing loss.  It has been a challenge all my life. I have struggled to feel loved or included.  But I know that life is part of a much larger “game plan.” God wants me and you to learn as much as possible in this life.  In order to learn we must experience hard things and grow. As we embrace the hard things and consistently choose to see the love God has for us in trials, we will be filled with such love and light that God’s power will be a tremendous force for good through us.  

No longer will you be pressed down by your burdens, but you will find reasons to smile.  It will become easier to breathe. Your responsibilities will not magically evaporate. However, you will become a new person.  And this person will be filled with joy, a combination of strength and weakness, dark times and light . . . . and always true and genuine love. 

Now is the time to welcome in small and beautiful changes that are presented before you, found in your path.  As you do this pray and give God your hurt and dreams. Then don’t push away the blessings start to come. Accept the changes.  Smile. Stand up straight. Breathe deeply.  

You are loved.  

You are a being of light. 

I am so excited to see you step forward into the light and truly live.  

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How to Parent and Paint

“I would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was meant to in the eye of God.”

― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea

The most essential thing is to see your divine destiny.

As a parent you have the opportunity to show your child how to be a creator.  However he or she must understand that they are the most important creation of all your masterpieces.  Without this as a foundation, you will produce beautiful art, but some how it will feel empty. 

Over the past 21 years these are the core steps I have found as a parenting artist. 

Here are the 7 Steps to Parenting and Painting. 

How to parent and paint

  1. Know what is most important to you. You must be at the center of the wheel of your life. Or all will spin into chaos.  You must know what you stand for and plant yourself in this place of truth.
  2. Understand that you are a creator. When you create daily, you honor yourself and your family.  This is vital to understand what you are and to teach this through your example to your children.
  3. Know the purpose of your daily creation. The creation of your life as a work of art and your art as a product of your true life/living.
  4. Strive forward each day, taking the next best step even when life’s tasks seem like an insurmountable Everest.  You have with in you the ability to break up all tasks into bite sized pieces and conquer. 
  5. Take the time to see your life, your creation in all it’s parts. Family, home, finance, responsibilities, self care, and art.  See lack, skills, needs, and desires.  Clarify all aspects in your mind and on paper.
  6. As you identify these parts pray about the most essential tasks for each area.
    Pray and do the next best step with gratitude and love for your work and abilities.
  7. Choose to be at peace.  We cannot control all, but we can select our emotions and beliefs, if we are conscious. 

These steps work for all forms of creation.  You may be hoping to finish your first masterpiece, or your MBA.  Both are creations.  Any achievement can be approached as a work of art and executed in the style of the creator.  Are you a Michelangelo or a Picasso?  Or perhaps you are an Einstein or Hawking? 

It doesn’t matter what you excel at as long as you teach your child what it means to be the creator of their own life.     

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Wisdom through Loss

Loss comes in many forms, from death to divorce.  Bitterness or wisdom can be garnered from each experience.  It’s all a matter of choice. 

The Gathering of Wisdom was an event created to bring together stories of loss. 

The night itself was peaceful and filled with support.  Experiences included of loss or a child, relationships, depression, hope, all of it heart ripping grief. 

The remarkable thing was that each person did not leave their grief behind. 

Instead they gathered what they learned and held it in their heart and mind.  It was beautiful to see each person creating a life rich and beautiful – because of what they had learned. 

 

Stage 5 – Acceptance

Below is an exert from my book The Course of Wisdom, which contains lovely stories of victory.  It was a privilege to gather these stories and blend them with practical steps to work through past grief, into wide open world of wisdom. 

I fully expect to meet you someday, at the mountain of your dreams. Where you can show me all the paths you have taken.  Whether they are covered with blood, tears, or flowers.

–  C. Fausett

The event occurred at the City View Memoriam, a stunningly beautiful event center found on the benches of Salt Lake.  

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5 Stages of Loss – Prints and Awesomeness :)

This series was created as I began to notice how many people around me had experienced serious loss on many levels.  

I invite you to explore the 5 Stages of Loss and see which one resonates with you.  

The images from The 5 Stages of Loss Series are being up loaded – However Step 1 – Denial is available in various awesome forms on Redbubble.

If you want a deeper understanding of the 5 Stages check out my book The Course of Wisdom – A Practical Workbook Honoring the 5 Stages of Loss on Amazon. 

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12 Step Prints and Awesomeness!

In 2017 I felt the need to understand my sons addiction issues.  Consequently the Resurrection Exhibit was created. 

These 12 paintings symbolized each step.  Birds are the perfect vehicle for this subject, covering all cultures and backgrounds. 

Whether you have a friend, family, or are in recovery yourself I encourage you to consider which step you resonate with at this time. 

May you find your wings, let go – let God, and set yourself free.      

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Hope, Help, and Healing – The second 12 steps Event!

August 14th 2019 from 7-9 pm, the Cottonwood Heights Arts council and I are collaborating for a night of Hope, Help, and Healing.  The exhibit itself will last for the full month of August. 

On opening night there will be resources for individuals in recovery as well as friends and family.  Bring your questions and find the next step in your healing. 

Why connect addiction to the arts? 

Because artists continue to create even amidst difficult and destructive periods of life.    

Artists that are participating and artists that desire to contribute please fill out the form below and read all pertinent details about drop off, pick up, and sales.  Thank you!  I am so excited to see all the amazing work that honors recovery, creation, and healing.  

 

Artists

You will receive full proceeds should your work sale. 

1. All funds will be sent directly to you through your Venmo or Paypal.

2. On opening night please down load the Square app on your phone so that you may process credit cards as well. 

3.  If you want to bring a few prints, etc to sale on Opening Night this is a good idea.  If you decide to do this let me know so that we can prepare table space.  Also you will need to arrive early to set up. 

4.  All original work will remain up for the duration of the exhibit.  Then the artist is responsible for delivery of sold artwork.  🙂 

5. If you cannot drop off your work at the Cottonwood Heights City building feel free to make arrangements with me  and I will transport your work. (July 31st)

6. Please contact me with any questions.  cjfshine@yahoo.com.