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Written by Megan

We’re getting ready to celebrate four years of writing fun with BNO here pretty soon. Though we didn’t have a name until the middle of 2008, we’ve been writing and critiquing and educating in some respect since the fall of 2007. And we’ve yet to ask for anything other than participation. So, why the change now?

BNO was originally formed to provide a service to the writing community – to create a place where writers of all genres, levels, and interests could come together to help one another out. We feel we’ve been doing a pretty good job of that, and the time has come to expand a bit more, and bring more to you, the writer. To date, everything we’ve done has been offered for free, and has been provided by a volunteer core. Hours of program development, website development, networking, and of course hosting the evenings of writerly activity.

We want to do more than host a Critique Night and a Seminar Night. Last year we brought you Taproot Reading, a book club all about the writing. This year we’re adding in a Writing Circle. This monthly event will round out the regular programming and offer a chance for writers to come together and write, or commiserate, or find inspiration, or just about anything else necessary to help you, the writer, do what you need to do.

All of this isn’t enough though. We want to bring authors to you at these events. We want to open more dialogue with authors and writers across the country. We want to bring you new and different ways of looking at putting words on the page. We want to provide you with workshops and a conference. We want you to have a place to see your words in print right here in the Treasure Valley, every month. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what we want to bring you.

These programs, old and new, cost money. Want to see your favorite author come to town? Or how about attend a workshop online from the comfort of your own home? Put your words in print and see them distributed throughout Boise? Your $40 membership will help make all of this, and more, possible. Join today, and start benefiting immediately with our new Critique Matching Service and have your work critiqued beyond Critique Night.