<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.9.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Fiona McArthur</title>
	<link>http://fionamcarthur.com</link>
	<description>Author for Women</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:56:48 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>Fancy a room with a view?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a thing for views. Three nights in a Lighthouse keeper&#8217;s cottage with two like-minded souls at Smoky Cape passed in a blur of writing, beams of light, and perhaps a few glasses of wine. But what about the view?
There with my writing friends, from rt. Amy Andrews, HMB Medicals Romance; Kelly Hunter, Harlequin Modern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/fancy-a-room-with-a-view/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Last Minute Guide To Birth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Coming out in September 2010 from Penguin Australia,  to help those last minute nerves and questions. New cover coming soon.
I&#8217;m very excited about my first Non-Fiction book, THE LAST MINUTE GUIDE TO BIRTH.
A midwife for twenty five years, I&#8217;ve always been passionate about sharing the insights I&#8217;ve gained about birth with women and their families.
When a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/non-fiction/the-last-minute-guide-to-birth/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to share my news.
I received a lovely early Valentines Day pressy this morning, and it&#8217;s even red. My first lovely cataromance reviewers Award for The Midwife&#8217;s New-Found Family. The award goes to Misty and Ben&#8217;s story from my Lyrebird Lake series of books. Thank you so much to Cataromance for the honour.
And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/happy-valentines-day-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Midwife in a Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To save a baby -Their gruelling race against time across the rugged Outback to save a patient’s unborn child challenges Kate and Rory physically and emotionally –                                    
Available Feb &#8211; UK and NA, March, Australia
Why I wrote the book,
I loved the scenery in Baz Luhrmann&#8217;s &#8216;Australia&#8217;. I watched the movie and wondered why I&#8217;d never made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/womens-fiction/midwife-in-a-million-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Midwife In A Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Latest book is out now.  Jan UK, Feb NA, March Aus and NZ and online.


This is my first Western Australia Book set in the Kimberley Ranges and holds a special place for me.



I had the best fun exploring the Kimberleys for research. My eldest and middle sons and I hired a four wheel drive vehicle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/midwife-in-a-million/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Joy To The World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



On the Christmas Theme because I love it.
 
 
 

 
 
Have just sent off my twentieth book to my editor, and a big sigh as I drop my shoulders. The house is a mess, the Christmas shopping is looking pretty thin, and the wasps have built a heap of nests I’d love to shift before Christmas. But the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/joy-to-the-world/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hello to Australian Woman&#8217;s Day Readers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My big smile for the month came from the publication of my short story, Little Boy Lost, the Australian magazine Woman&#8217;s Day (16th Nov Issue) and I&#8217;d like to welcome readers who&#8217;ve found their way to my website. I hope you enjoyed the story. It still brings a tear to my eyes so I guess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/hello-to-australian-womans-day-readers/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Free e-book offer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news. Download my free eBook today, The Midwife’s Little Miracle. I love this book. There’s another nine books from other authors to download if you have fun. And it’s all free for a year.
Mills and Boon’s eBook sales arm in the UK are celebrating their first birthday of eBooks. While for some they&#8217;ll never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/free-e-book-offer/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Mystical New Zealand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from flying visit to fellow med author Alison Robert&#8217;s
(Hot shot Surgeon, Cinderella Bride, HMB Medical Aug 09) home country of New Zealand. Such a heartwrenchingly beautiful country &#8211; no wonder she writes such gorgeous books.
We drove down to Akaroa Harbour and I loved the little waterside township of Akaroa with all its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/mystical-new-zealand/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Spring is Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Spring. The Liquid Amber tree outside my bedroom is budding up waiting to unfurl and greet the warmer weather. The branches  stark and bare for a month now, have stopped waving in the howling wind. Yesterday, the birds in the grevilleas opposite the veranda were singing to each other like performers at the opera and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/spring-is-here-2/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Pregnant Midwife: Father Needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lyrebird Lake Maternity
Every day brings a miracle…
Release dates
UK &#8211; August 2009. Buy PREGNANT MIDWIFE: FATHER NEEDED on MillsandBoon.co.uk now
Australia &#8211; September 2009.
Single and pregnant –
she’s about to be rescued!
Rescue medic Angus Campbell never fails to meet difficult situations head on. But bonding with his
new-found son needs more than professional training – it needs his heart [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/womens-fiction/pregnant-midwife-father-needed/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Sitting at the Feet of Marion Lennox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And what a proud place to be. Marion Lennox has won the 2009 R*BY award for short category with her book and I&#8217;m very proud to be in the same finalist group.
RWA conference has been and gone but  it lived up to all expectations. Huge kudos have to go to the fab Amy Andrews and her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/award-night-approaches/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>FREE eBOOK OFFER FROM HM&amp;B STARTS SOON</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had some exciting news. THE MIDWIFE&#8217;S LITTLE MIRACLE is to be offered as a free eBook download from the millsandboon.co.uk eharlequin site . My book will also be available for download from my webpage once its up. So watch for that.
I&#8217;m really thrilled because THE MIDWIFES LITTLE MIRACLE  is the first of my Lyrebird Lake [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/five-weeks-till-rwaus-conference/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Romantic Book Of The Year FINALIST 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;m absolutely thrilled! THE MIDWIFE&#8217;S BABY has finalled in the Short Sweet category of the prestigious Romantic Book Of The Year,  R*BY, awards held at the Romance Writers of Australia Conference in Brisbane in August. This book  came out last year in Australia and was a lot of fun to write. I&#8217;ve been attending RWAustralia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/romantic-book-of-the-year-finalist-2009/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Where do I start?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where do I start? What a huge month since I’ve updated.
I’ve been awarded my first five star review from Sheryl at Cataromance, for my new Lyrebird Lake book, The Midwife’s New-Found Family which I have to quote here, &#60;G&#62; but I will give you the link. http://cataromance.com/?p=1983
A powerfully moving tale of human fallacy.

The Midwife’s New-Found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/where-do-i-start/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Midwife&#8217;s New-Found Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Lyrebird Lake Maternity
Every day brings a miracle…
Release dates
UK &#8211; April 2009. Buy The Midwife&#8217;s New-Found Family on MillsandBoon.co.uk now
Australia &#8211; May 2009. Buy on eHarlequin.com.au
The single dad’s midwife bride.
When Misty saved the life of Dr Ben Moore she knew she would never forget the brooding single dad and the moment of tenderness they shared.
So the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/womens-fiction/the-midwifes-new-found-family/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>April Showers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello again, and the year is flying past at an alarming rate.  THE MIDWIFE&#8217;S LITTLE MIRACLE is out in North America this month, and thanks to Sheryl from Cataromance for my four star review. check it out on Cataromance.    http://cataromance.com
And this month Lyrebird Lake&#8217;s new midwife can be found in THE MIDWIFE&#8217;S NEW-FOUND FAMILY, out in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/april-showers/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Water, water, everywhere except where they needed it.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Goodbye to a February that caused much heartache and grief in Australia and hello to the fresh beginnings of March. The extremes of the land down under have been well illustrated in the devastating heat and fires of Victoria as well as the terrible floods of far north Queensland and NSW, alongside so many uplifting stories of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/water-water-everywhere-except-where-they-needed-it/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day is here again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2008 was an amazing year, so many wonderful memories for me, and it seems incredible that we are already into February 2009.
There&#8217;s a lot to look forward to this year.
Two more Lyrebird Lake books to come out after this one,  four days kayaking up the mighty Macleay River in March, five days in Coogee with writing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/blog/valentines-day-is-here-again/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Midwife&#8217;s Little Miracle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tiny baby: father needed!
Finding she was pregnant was the best moment of midwife Montana’s life. But days later she was widowed. Now nine months have passed, she has a tiny infant, and she knows it’s time to make a fresh start.
Dr Andy Buchanan has offered Montana a job at Lyrebird Lake because it’s the perfect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fionamcarthur.com/womens-fiction/the-midwifes-little-miracle/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
