Welcome to Lane Writing Company!

Lane Writing Company is a premier writing and editing company that is based out of southwestern Wisconsin. We specialize in creative writing and editing, whether it be for newsletters, brochures, magazine or newspaper articles, family histories, web text, or other projects.

Lane Writing Company was started to help you or your business communicate more effectively. Your image is very important to us. How you communicate your ideas is essential to your success, and it is our desire to make your words shine and stand out among the rest.

Owner and Freelance Writer/Editor

Heidi Overson has been writing and editing for over twenty years. Her writing can be found in both regional and national publications and on the web. Heidi's sources of inspiration come from her writing environment (a country home), her family, and her life experiences. As any writer knows, there is always something to write about!

Qualifications and Accomplishments

  • Holds a degree in Technical Communications.
  • English/Writing major, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
  • 2007 and 2008 Jade Ring Contest Award winner for Excellence in Writing. Wisconsin Regional Writers' Association (www.wrwa.net).
  • Website writer and editor for Onalaska Web.
  • Heidi is a contributor to "Coulee Region Women" magazine. (www.crwmagazine.com)
  • Heidi is a contributor to "Coulee Parenting Connection."
  • Heidi is a contributor to "La Crosse Magazine."
  • Member of the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association.

Click here to see Heidi's interview with international opera singer, Mlada Khudoley.

Heidi's national magazine clips can be found in "Hobby Farms" magazine and in "Grit" magazine, both nationally distributed, rural lifestyle publications.
www.hobbyfarms.com
www.grit.com

Heidi's work has also appeared in "The Colored Mohair Connection," a quarterly newsletter for the CAGBA (www.cagba.org).

With her highly creative mind, Heidi is sure to deliver exactly what you want with your writing or editing project.

Please check out Heidi’s newest editing project by premier Wisconsin author Faye Kufahl: "Nutterville and Other True Stories of Coping with Mental Illness." More information at www.nuttervillestories.com.

New for 2009: Heidi's story "A Purposeful Journey" appears in Adams Media's 2009 Christmas anthology. Available at any national bookstore and online (Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com).

Heidi recently won 1st place in the prestigious Al P. Nelson Feature Article contest, through the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association.  Her feature article, "The King of Bees," placed first in the statewide contest.  See more at http://www.wrwa.net/contests/nelson.htm.

Contact

Please contact Lane Writing for writing clips, rates, or to discuss your writing needs.
E-Mail: slowmoe-at-mwt.net  
Phone: 608-452-3230

Testimonials

"I am impressed with the quality sincerity that comes through Heidi's writing. She has an unusual ability to tell a story, impart information, and tug on the reader's heart strings. Heidi is also easy to work with. She appreciates constructive feedback, takes editorial suggestions well, and works to make her writing the best it can be."
Boyd Sutton
Editor, The Wisconsin Writers' Journal
www.wrwa.net

"Heidi’s voice is upbeat and authoritative. She has a knack for capturing that which is truly important, and interesting, in seemingly mundane topics. She draws her readers into her work and shows them the joy in her world. As a writer for hire, Heidi is creative, prompt, thorough, flexible, easy to edit and happy to be edited. In short, Heidi views her role as a partnership, which is unusual in the “me” climate that has enveloped the freelance landscape of late."
Oscar H. Will III
Editor, GRIT Magazine




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