I grew up on a farm not far from the Canadian border. Though I now live in Bismarck, North Dakota, I am a farm girl at heart. I am a writer, artist, and private pilot. I've also been a pastry chef, school teacher, welder, piano teacher, graphic designer, short-order cook, house cleaner, nanny, t-shirt designer, postal worker, newspaper photographer and reporter, and copywriter. I have been writing on my own website since 2000, and "officially" blogging since 2002.
Contact
I will respond to legitimate correspondence. I do not do phone calls.
Julie R. Neidlinger P.O. Box 1823 Bismarck, ND 58502-1823 julie@loneprairie.net
If you send me a nasty email, I may use it on my blog or in future writing projects, and I won't promise to redact your information. Just saying.
I am on social media, but not enthusiastically. I don't necessarily respond in a timely manner there, particularly if you aren't family or a close friend. Postal mail and email are your best bet.
Send Payment
To send a client payment per request, or just as an old fashioned tip jar like we had back in the early years of blogging, visit my PayPal page.
What I Do
As an artist, my work includes:
- Painting (acrylic and watercolor)
- Drawing (charcoal and graphite)
- Cartooning, figurative, buildings, landscape, portraits (pets and people)
- Custom art
- Custom travel and life maps
- Logo and brand caricature
- Teaching
As a writer, I write:
- Blog posts
- Magazine and newspaper articles
- Ebooks
- Editing
- Poetry, non-Fiction, essays
Etc.
See My Work
Published work and press mentions:
- BOOK: Blue Like A River: Burning The Bridge Between Red And White At Standing Rock
- BOOK: There Are Dinosaurs In The Fields
- BOOK: Winter: A Season of Writing on the Prairie
- Cavalier County Republican Newspaper (Langdon, ND)
- SkilledUp: Insights Into Content Marketing
- Article on drones in the Great Plains Examiner, June 2013, and additional articles.
- Google Currents magazine.
- WorldCat Library author page
- IFPHC Magazine
My art has been on display:
- Angryman Cartoon on the TodayShow
- Angryman Cartoon on BuzzFeed
- Angryman Cartoon illustration in the Sales & Marketing Magazine (PDF)
- Bismarck CVB/Tourism (available for purchase in shop)
- Art Academy of Ohio: Chidlaw Gallery, "Booked: Contemporary Artist Books", (Cincinnati OH).
- Roland Dille Center for the Arts (Moorhead, MN)
- Bismarck Art and Galleries Assoc. (Bismarck, ND)
- Elsa Forde Gallery (BSC, Bismarck, ND)
- Clairmont Center Gallery (UM, Bismarck, ND)
- Calvary United Methodist Church, large wall mural (Fargo, ND)
Testimonials
"She writes, she paints, and she photographs -- but no matter what medium she chooses, she excels in finding and describing the universal themes that connect North Dakota to the larger, outside world." -- Corrine Kenner
"...taught herself how to survive and grow as a one-person work-at-home artist in rural North Dakota." -- Gwen Bristol, Dakota Lifestyle
"...very honest and controversial..." -- Internet Monk
"...you'll be compelled to read every last word." -- Mickey McLean, World Magazine
"...I'm a huge dork." -- Me
"We love you, but please pick up your shoes." -- mom