Coming Home to Hope Street I’m delighted to announce that book 2 in The Hope Street Series will be published on September 18th and is now on preorder. I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had going back to visit
What does an author actually do all day?
What does an author actually do all day?Okay, there’s a little element of click bait in the title of this blog post but it’s done for a reaason. As a hybrid author selling over 1.5 million books, I thought I’d
Why I wrote The Estate Series
I started writing The Estate Series way back in the early 2000’s for two reasons. First, I was employed as a housing officer by my local authority and, second was watching the first series of the British TV drama, Shameless. Having been on
Writing now and then – what’s changed from 2012 – 2020
I’ve just started drafting my next book and there is one thing that I can’t get away from – the coronavirus pandemic. I have a book out in December which, as it is the fourth book in a series, is
Why I wrote Follow the Leader and Only the Brave
Following on from my post about why I wrote Taunting the Dead, because of the success I had with it, my publisher asked for two more to create the DS Allie Shenton Series. I’d already written 10,000 words of Follow
Dead Man Walking
When I wrote Taunting the Dead, my writing was part psychological thriller/part procedural as I like to be with the families and the police. For many procedural readers, I don’t fit the bill exactly, but then I’ve never been one
Find out what you want to write – become a book detective.
It’s hard to know what to write when you first start. Often it’s only by trial or error that you figure it out. There is a lot of advice out there for writers (mine included) but we all need to find our
Why I wrote Taunting the Dead
As I’m starting from scratch with this website again, and my publishing journey began in late 2011, I thought I’d start a series about why I’ve written the books I have so far. Taunting the Dead was the very first crime
Why I write as Marcie Steele
Ever since I can remember, I’ve been a meddler of words. I like writing about fear and emotion – the cause and effect of crime – what makes a character do something. Working as a housing officer for eight years gave
How perseverance led to over 2 million sales
Lots of people ask me about my journey to publication, and I don’t think I’ve ever written it in full until now. So here it is:My early days Okay, it was a really long journey, mainly because of how technology changed