Dawn Nelson's Blog, page 3
December 13, 2010
Thanks everyone!!!!
I want to thank everyone who marked my books to-read or put in to win one of my books in the giveaways.
December 10, 2010
My newest book has been released!
A Cowgirl Never Forgets has been released and is available at www.graydogpress.com/bookstore for $14.95.
November 1, 2010
A poem from my newest book
A Cowboy's Shirt
In a windstorm in Georgia, I was started
That fall, from my roots, I was parted
A long ride from Georgia, to an Alabama mill
I was cleaned, spun and weaved till I had my fill
Then I was sent to a real kind ladies place
using a needle and thread, she gave me a face
Now, I really don't mean, to this world to blurt
but that is the day I became, a cowboy's shirt
When a young man came into the store one day
he picked me up, paid, and we were on our way
That day I met the hardest working man I'd ever meet
he had calluses on his hands and blisters on his feet
Whether out on teh range, or as Sundays best
he put every fiber and, thread I was to the test
Then war came and threatened our fine land
he cowboyed up, and made his X, like a man
I was hung in the closet, as he went off to war
he was dressed in green, not cowboy garb no more
For a full year, I hung in his closet and then
word came, that I would be worn once again
I am so proud of my young cowboy, you see
for at long last, he is coming home to me
Only, we won't be riding the range anymore
for you see, my young cowboy, died at war
Written by: Dawn Nelson
copyright 2010
In a windstorm in Georgia, I was started
That fall, from my roots, I was parted
A long ride from Georgia, to an Alabama mill
I was cleaned, spun and weaved till I had my fill
Then I was sent to a real kind ladies place
using a needle and thread, she gave me a face
Now, I really don't mean, to this world to blurt
but that is the day I became, a cowboy's shirt
When a young man came into the store one day
he picked me up, paid, and we were on our way
That day I met the hardest working man I'd ever meet
he had calluses on his hands and blisters on his feet
Whether out on teh range, or as Sundays best
he put every fiber and, thread I was to the test
Then war came and threatened our fine land
he cowboyed up, and made his X, like a man
I was hung in the closet, as he went off to war
he was dressed in green, not cowboy garb no more
For a full year, I hung in his closet and then
word came, that I would be worn once again
I am so proud of my young cowboy, you see
for at long last, he is coming home to me
Only, we won't be riding the range anymore
for you see, my young cowboy, died at war
Written by: Dawn Nelson
copyright 2010
October 28, 2010
The Colt
The Colt
A Novel of Romance, Intrigue and Murder.
Marnie White was a quiet and highly educated woman. She had given up her life as a bank teller for her best friend who was having some troubles on her ranch. But after her best friend got married and the trouble subsided, she was feeling like a third wheel. Marnie figured it was time she set off into the world on her own, before the secret she kept close to her heart came back to kill her. After answering a newspaper advertisement for a cow camp cook on the Montana border she was off.
Tucker Jenkins trained colts and chased cows for a living on the Rafter R ranch and has for most his life. He had been told he had a way with horses. After a nasty fall from a horse almost killed him, his boss told him to take it easy for a couple months and put him in charge of hiring a new cook. He hired the first person who sent in an application but he hadn’t expected a wisp of a woman barely five feet tall who talked so softly he could barely hear her. Not to mention the fact that every time he said something she jumped from him.
They soon found out that food is more than just a way to a man’s stomach it is also a way to his heart and a colt is not the only thing that can be tamed.
You can buy this book at www.graydogpress.com/bookstore
A Novel of Romance, Intrigue and Murder.
Marnie White was a quiet and highly educated woman. She had given up her life as a bank teller for her best friend who was having some troubles on her ranch. But after her best friend got married and the trouble subsided, she was feeling like a third wheel. Marnie figured it was time she set off into the world on her own, before the secret she kept close to her heart came back to kill her. After answering a newspaper advertisement for a cow camp cook on the Montana border she was off.
Tucker Jenkins trained colts and chased cows for a living on the Rafter R ranch and has for most his life. He had been told he had a way with horses. After a nasty fall from a horse almost killed him, his boss told him to take it easy for a couple months and put him in charge of hiring a new cook. He hired the first person who sent in an application but he hadn’t expected a wisp of a woman barely five feet tall who talked so softly he could barely hear her. Not to mention the fact that every time he said something she jumped from him.
They soon found out that food is more than just a way to a man’s stomach it is also a way to his heart and a colt is not the only thing that can be tamed.
You can buy this book at www.graydogpress.com/bookstore
October 27, 2010
Cowgirl's Justice
Cowgirl's Justice
A Novel of Romance, Intrigue and Murder.
The town of Danville has changed little since Jesse Walker left her childhood home, the Running W Ranch. However, the people living around there have changed considerably.
After leaving an abusive husband she returns home to find she has become a target. Someone is terrorizing the town, killing her animals, and threatening her life. Is it the cult that has taken up residence in the area or someone else?
While not looking for a new relationship she finds herself intrigued by a local ranch hand, Justin, who neither wants nor needs a woman in his life. Jesse, Justin, Logan the ranch caretaker, and her best friend Marnie, must get to the bottom of the plan to drive her away before more people
are hurt or killed and the town of Danville is changed forever.
The first book of The Rancher Series. Also look for "The Colt" in stores near you. The next book of the series "The Rancher" will be out spring of 2011.
This book is currently being made into a movie!!!!!
A Novel of Romance, Intrigue and Murder.
The town of Danville has changed little since Jesse Walker left her childhood home, the Running W Ranch. However, the people living around there have changed considerably.
After leaving an abusive husband she returns home to find she has become a target. Someone is terrorizing the town, killing her animals, and threatening her life. Is it the cult that has taken up residence in the area or someone else?
While not looking for a new relationship she finds herself intrigued by a local ranch hand, Justin, who neither wants nor needs a woman in his life. Jesse, Justin, Logan the ranch caretaker, and her best friend Marnie, must get to the bottom of the plan to drive her away before more people
are hurt or killed and the town of Danville is changed forever.
The first book of The Rancher Series. Also look for "The Colt" in stores near you. The next book of the series "The Rancher" will be out spring of 2011.
This book is currently being made into a movie!!!!!
October 26, 2010
A Cowgirl Remembers When
Winner of the Academy of Western Artists 2010 Buck Ramsey Book Award!
In her coming of age book A Cowgirl Remembers When... Dawn shares her true life adventures of growing up on a ranch in Washington State. Hunting cougars with her trusty rifle, searching out hiding cattle in the rough cattle country, training horses and exploring the mountains surrounding her family ranch.
She survives to adulthood even after encounters with wildlife, mini-wars with her brother and his friends and her teenage years when her friends she team up for holiday pranks. She survives confrontations with bulls, hunters, untrainable horses, her brother and cancer.
Take time to read about growing up a “cowgirl”. Enjoy, reach back and remember when…
In her coming of age book A Cowgirl Remembers When... Dawn shares her true life adventures of growing up on a ranch in Washington State. Hunting cougars with her trusty rifle, searching out hiding cattle in the rough cattle country, training horses and exploring the mountains surrounding her family ranch.
She survives to adulthood even after encounters with wildlife, mini-wars with her brother and his friends and her teenage years when her friends she team up for holiday pranks. She survives confrontations with bulls, hunters, untrainable horses, her brother and cancer.
Take time to read about growing up a “cowgirl”. Enjoy, reach back and remember when…
