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
Dead Man Walking
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
Five things… in my office
I moved home three years ago. I do love our new place, but my office is a lot smaller.Having said that, I live in a bungalow now and there is a larger spare bedroom that I could move into, but
Redundancy helped me to become an author.
