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RHIANA RAMSEY
SWEET OBLIVION IS THE TENSE DEBUT NOVEL OF SUSSEX WRITER AND SERVING POLICE DETECTIVE , RHIANA RAMSEY . A gripping crime thriller threaded with eroticism , it combines murder , intrigue and sex with a shocking conclusive twist .
Hi Rhiana . Can you tell us a bit about your background ?
I am currently a police detective . I have been in the police in total for twelve years and I have spent over ten years of this in an investigative capacity . Prior to becoming a police officer , I lived in Bangkok and while there I worked a number of jobs , which included web design , teaching English to very young children and also as a contributing editor for a business publication . I particularly enjoyed working for the magazine as it enabled me to combine two of my passions : investigation ( or being nosey as some might say !) and writing .
Where do you find your inspiration ?
I have always had a fertile , vivid imagination . I became fascinated with people watching and body language at a very young age as we moved to France when I was 11 ; I couldn ’ t speak the language , so I was dependent on these non-verbal cues for communication . People are very much an inspiration for me when it comes to writing as we are a fascinating , intriguing and highly complex species .
Tell us about your book .
The story follows DC Elizabeth Lane and her colleagues as they hunt down the killer of the chilling emasculating murders that keep happening around town . With my history serving as a police detective , I ’ ve always been fascinated by the psychological angle of a killer . I wanted my character to hold true power over men and a dominatrix character was the perfect way to convey this , while weaving in some elements of sadism and masochism ( S & M ). With the release of 50 Shades of Grey , this area of eroticism has become more mainstream and a subject people are interested in reading about .
What is your writing process ?
With Sweet Oblivion , I think it ' s fair to say that I didn ' t really know what I was doing when I started . I didn ' t have a plan , I didn ' t really know where the story was going to go , and I did very little research . However , when I was a good few chapters in , I realised that if I was going to be able to keep track of all my characters and keep things consistent , I was going to need a plan and an ongoing summary of events . So , I created back stories for each of my characters , even though not all of these were used in the book , and I drafted a rough outline of how the book was going to proceed , chapter by chapter . I also wrote down any thoughts I had which I thought could be used in the story ; all of this was then stuck on a large corkboard which hung above my desk , so it was easy for me to refer to as and when required .
Now you ’ ve written your first novel , could there be a second in the pipeline ?
I am in the early stages of writing another novel , which will also involve Elizabeth , but that is all I can say for now !
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