howdy
My name is Julie R. Neidlinger. The name of my business is Lone Prairie Art Works which I have had since 1998. I am a writer, artist, and private pilot. My degree is in art and art history.
​Though I now live in Bismarck, North Dakota, I grew up on a farm not far from the Canadian border. My family owns a Minuteman missile site, an odd fact most folks can't lay claim to.
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I love to play piano and violin, read, write, paint and draw, ride horses, bake, hike, fly, and travel (especially road trips). I've been able to travel to Canada, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Nicaragua, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, several locations in the Caribbean, and all over the United States. But North Dakota is always home. There's just something about the prairie that won't let go.
What is Lone Prairie Art Works?
Lone Prairie Art Works, part of Lone Prairie Creative LLC, is a North-Dakota based business that celebrates creativity and originality through a love of the tangible in a digital world.
The history behind Lone Prairie.
Lone Prairie Art Works has been my creative art, writing, and products business since 1998, and is a member of Pride of Dakota, which supports North Dakota artisans and businesses. In 2025, I created Lone Prairie Creative LLC, and placed Lone Prairie Art Works under it. I have been writing on my own website since 1999, and "officially" blogging since 2002. The early website was built by coding HTML by hand for each page. My blog is (I think) the oldest still-running blog in the state of North Dakota, and though it has been on many different blogging platforms, the site name has never changed. I had a gourmet cupcake business, Lone Prairie Cupcakes, for three years. I've also been a pastry chef, school teacher, piano teacher, graphic designer, short-order cook, house cleaner, nanny, t-shirt designer, postal worker, newspaper photographer and reporter, secretary, investigator for a PI, copywriter, and virtual assistant/receptionist. I've helped my uncle in his welding shop. I worked and traveled with the international non-profit organization Nicaragua Resource Network - North Dakota for eight years. I got my private pilot's license in 2008, joined the Civil Air Patrol in 2009, and have been a member of the North Dakota Pilots Association (NDPA) as well as secretary (2011) and Vice President (2012). I was also a member of the North Dakota Aviation Council (NDAC) as a representative of NDPA (2011-2014). That means that you'll see a wide variety of topics and influences in my writing and what I create. I am an introverted farm girl at heart and am not always able to handle a lot of communication with people I don't know on social media. My apologies. It's not you, it's me.
What work do you do?
I work as an artist and freelance writer in many different mediums (art) and formats (writing). I've written blog posts, magazine articles, books, etc., sometimes as a ghost writer. My degree is in art and art history, though I've worked in many industries.
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For personal blogging and writing, topics often include:
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North Dakota / rural life
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Faith (Christianity)
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Humorous everyday experiences
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Online life
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Work experiences / observations
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Creative / writing life
Books, magazines, email subscriptions, etc. that you purchase or receive will be of this nature.
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Other freelance / contract work includes:
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Basic web design / maintenance
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Virtual assistant / receptionist / scheduler
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Custom art / design
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Ghost writing blog posts and books
What's your favorite...
Musician? Chopin, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Vivaldi, Zach Williams, Ben Fuller, Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman, Klaus Badelt, John Williams, Ennio Morriccone, etc. Food? I will not turn down pizza and chocolate chip cookies. Snobbery? Hot chocolate and cocoa, of which most coffee places miss the mark terribly. #1 is Dilettante Mocha Cafe, #2 Caribou Coffee Dark Hot Chocolate, #3 Starbucks because there aren't many other decent ones I've found yet. Book? The Bible, A Canticle for Leibowitz, and pretty much any mystery that isn't full of disgusting stuff.
contact
I used to have a handy form but spammers kept using it so just send an email. Thanks.