X 2014 Write to Inspire Conference

Inspire Christian Writers present:

The Art of Writing

Friday & Saturday, October 3-4, 2014

At First Baptist Church

8939 East Stockton Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95623

Online registration is closed
but seats are available at the conference

Additional seats will be made available at the conference for last minute attendees.

Come to the 2014 Write to Inspire conference. You'll learn to nurture the artist in you and cultivate your craft from these amazing speakers:

Bill Myers is a best-selling author and award-winning filmmaker. His books and videos have sold over 8 million copies. Not bad for a man who never wanted to be a writer.

He grew up in the mountains of Washington State, eight miles from the nearest town. Even with all that solitude, he read very little as a child and got Cs and Ds in the only writing class he took at the University of Washington.

"When a girl I'd dated all through high school dumped me our first year at college, I wandered the campus night after night, until I finally told God He could have my life, I'd do whatever he wanted regardless of how strange it was."

Even though for most of his life Bill wanted to be a dentist, he kept getting the impression God wanted him to be in filmmaking. "We had quite a few arguments, but because I made that promise, I changed my major to film directing and a few weeks later found myself in Rome, Italy studying a subject I knew nothing about in a language I couldn't speak. Talk about feeling foolish."

Bill fell into writing when he was directing a play in Los Angeles and a producer asked him to write a television show. "I discovered the power of writing through television and movie scripts, then books." Besides his studies in film directing in Rome, Bill holds a degree in Theater Arts from the University of Washington and an honorary doctorate from the Theological Institute of Nimes, France, where he taught.

As author/screenwriter/director his work has won over 60 national and international awards, including the C.S. Lewis Honor Award. His DVDs and books have sold 8 million copies. His children's DVD and book series, McGee and Me, has sold 4.5 million copies, has won 40 Gold and Platinum awards, and has been aired on ABC as well as in 80 countries. His My Life As… book series has sold 2.1 million copies. He has written, directed, and done voice work for Focus on the Family's Adventures in Odyssey radio series and is the voice of Jesus in Zondervan's NIV Audio Bible. As an author, several of his children's book series and adult novels have made the bestseller list.

He is also managing partner of Amaris Media, International – a motion picture and media company currently developing several projects for both children and adults. The motion picture, The Wager, starring Randy Travis and based on Myers' novel by the same name, was released in 2009.

Bill has been interviewed for Good Morning America, ABC Nightly News, The 700 Club, TBN, as well as hundreds of broadcast, internet and print organizations. He can be reached at

Bill Myers will present:

The Artist's Call
1. Buckle In: What to Expect When Saying Yes to God
2. The Players: Creator & Creation
3. The Process: Five Steps
4. The Endgame: Our Responsibility

Check out our Video Interview of Bill Myers for more information.
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Lyn Lasneski has been lovingly dubbed 'the Genius Whisperer' by her students. Art and adventure define her. She earned an Art's degree in Wyoming tpilot and Certified Flight Instructor (CFII and MEII), and enjoyed flying tourists around Mt. Denali for several years.

During her 10 years in Alaska she devoted herself to researching the thinking habits of history’s greatest geniuses, from Leonardo DaVinci to Tesla and Feynman. She also taught herself to paint at that time--something she didn't learn while pursuing her Art’s degree. However, it's Lyn's ardor to awaken the creative genius in every individual, that burns most bright. Her personal genius is teaching and training, and has been doing so for over 30 years. Her repertoire includes teaching others to fly airplanes, how to draw and paint with excellence, dance, visual thinking, and how to access their personal genius. She ignites imaginations through creativity boot camps, art workshops and creative thinking schools for business and innovation.

An accomplished national award-winning artist, Lyn has earned a drapery of accolades including “Best of Show,” “People’s Choice,” “Private Collections,” and entry and other awards in the National Oil Painter's of America Show (a prestigious event that admits only 160 out of 4,000 annual entries.) Her artwork has shown in galleries in Arizona, California, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Hawaii.

Trained as one of Les Brown’s Platinum speakers, she speaks with authenticity and joy. Lyn's curriculum is used by multiple Universities and Schools for all their students. Lyn imbues the energy of her experience into painting and into hearts and minds through teaching at workshops, conferences, speaking engagements, and her upcoming book. An artist who inspires the best in her students, Lyn believes creativity and genius are every person’s birthright.

Lyn Lasneski, painter, speaker & author, will teach us:
- How to See Like an Artist

Check out our Video Interview of Lyn Laneski for more information.
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Steve Scott is a writer, lecturer, performer and mixed-media artist. Since moving to America from North East London in the mid 1970s, he has published a number of articles on postmodern art, multiculturalism, and the Christian faith. In 1975 he completed his undergraduate studies in General Fine arts in Croydon, UK and completed the Master of Arts in Global Leadership at Fuller Seminary in 2009. Steve wrote Crying for a Vision (Stride Books, UK, 1991, Alivingdog Reprint , 2005) and Like A House on Fire (Cornerstone Press, 1997, Wipf and Stock Publishing, 2002), both of which are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Steve directs CANA (Christian Artists Networking Association) that is committed to learning better ways of networking and empowering artists in different parts of the world. CANA has organized conferences in Thailand, Bali and Bulgaria and continues to engage with art makers in emerging economies and the `majority world’, as well as the emerging `Cultural Creatives’.

Stephen Scott will be speaking on:
- Unplug and Connect: The Gospel of John
as a Resource for our Creativity in a
Post Secular Age

Check out our Video Interview of Steve Scott for more information.
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Manuel Luz has a BS in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA in Management, which makes him perfectly qualified to be a Creative Arts Pastor. Truth be told, he became a rocket engineer to finance his self-described “rock star dream,” one which was interrupted when God got a hold of him. He eventually became a pastor leading a worship community and a community of artists, and has been in full-time ministry for the past 21 years. He readily admits, “It’s not rocket science.”

Manuel has served at Oak Hills Church in Folsom, California for 21 years. He is passionate about worship, coffee, the Oakland Raiders, and the intersections of faith and the arts. A songwriter, author, speaker, and creative arts pastor, Manuel’s first published book, Imagine That: Discovering Your Unique Role as a Christian Artist (Moody Publishers) is a practical and personal theology of the arts. Check out his thought-provoking blog, “Adventures in Faith and Art” at www.ManuelLuz.com, or his four solo albums (iTunes or CDBaby).

Manuel has one amazing wife, four amazing children, and three too many cats, and lives in El Dorado Hills, California.

Manuel Luz will share:
- The Meta-Narrative: Telling Your Story in God's Story

Check out our Video Interview of Manual Luz for more information.

Entering Into God's Story from Eric Luz on Vimeo.

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Kathy Ide, author of Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors, has written books, articles, short stories, devotionals, play scripts, and Sunday school curriculum. She has ghostwritten ten nonfiction books and a five-book novel series. Kathy is a full-time freelance editor/proofreader/mentor for new writers, established authors, and book publishers. She speaks at writers’ conferences across the country.

Whether you’re submitting to an agent, traditional publisher, or subsidy publisher, every manuscript needs editing, because there’s no such thing as a perfect first draft. In this course, Kathy Ide goes through ten stages of editing you can take—from the overall picture down to the nitty-gritty details—to make your manuscript stand out.Discover and study the art of editing so you can present your masterpiece to the world as polished as it can be.

Kathy will be speaking on:
- The Art of Editing

Kathy is the founder and director of The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network (www.TheChristianPEN.com) and the Christian Editor Connection (www.ChristianEditor.com). For more about Kathy, visit www.KathyIde.com or find her on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Google+, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.

Check out our Video Interview of Kathy Ide for more information.
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2014 Write to Inspire Schedule

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