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***Upcoming book signings***
- Sunday, January 20th from
2:00-3:00 PM
at
Goerings Bookstore located at
1717
NW 1st Ave
,
Gainesville
,
Florida
Autographed books available at Goerings
Bookstore for purchase!!
- Saturday, February 2nd from
7:00-9:00 PM
at
Bogartz Cigar Bar, located at
3305
E. Silver Springs Blvd
in
Ocala
,
Florida
- Saturday, February 16th
from
1:00-4:00
PM
at Borders Books, located
at
6837 W. Newberry Rd
in
Gainesville
,
Florida
Autographed books now available at Borders Books!!!
- Saturday, February 23rd
from
12:00-2:00
PM
at Cracker Boys Country
Cafe located at
5605
SE US Hwy
301
in
Hawthorne
,
Florida
- Thursday, February 28th at
5:00 PM at Cedar Key Library located at 460 2nd St, Cedar Key, Florida
- Tuesday, March 25th at 6:30
PM at the Millhopper Branch Library, located at 3145 NW 43rd St,
Gainesville, Florida
- Saturday and Sunday, April 12th and 13th at the Cedar Key Arts Festival at the Friends of the Library Tent.
- Saturday, April 26th at 12:00 Noon at Coffee Culture located at 2020 NW 13th St, in Gainesville.
- Saturday, June 14th from 2:00-4:00 PM at Barnes and Nobles Bookstore, located at 3910 SW Archer Rd, in Gainesville.
- Saturday, June 21st, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Hawthorne Farmers Market.
- Sunday, June 22nd at 2:30 PM at the High Springs Library located at 135 NW 1st Ave, in High Springs.
- Saturday, July 12th at 2:00 PM at the Hawthorne Library located at 6640 SE 221st St, in Hawthorne
- Saturday, July19th at 1:00 PM at Border Books located
at
6837 W. Newberry Rd
in
Gainesville
,
Florida
.
- Monday, August 18th at 5:00 PM at Friends of the Library in Gainesville, FL at 4:30 PM North Main Street.
- Also be sure to check out
the local newspapers, The Gainesville
Sun, The Ocala
Star Banner, and the Independent Alligator for news articles and related
stories to the author and his works.
- Feel free to contact the
author with any questions or concerns at any time.
1-14-08 - Article from the Independent
Alligator
GPD sgt. releases first novel
By APRIL DUDASH, Alligator Contributing
Writer
It took many late nights and working
between full-time shifts at the Gainesville Police Department.
But after about four and a half years of writing and
promoting, Sgt. Art Adkins has debuted "The Oasis Project," his
murder-mystery novel.
It landed on bookstore shelves Dec. 3, and its popularity
has spread by word of mouth since then, he said.
Adkins has been writing for about 20
years and experimented with police mystery novels before settling on his
ideas for "The Oasis Project."
Adkins will be signing books at Goerings Book Store on NW First
Avenue on Sunday.
As an unknown author, Adkins spent about two years
seeking advice from agents and working with companies to get the book
published.
"You have to stand by your conviction that you think
it's a good book," he said. "I put my heart and soul into
this."
The novel involves a UF student named Shirley Waterbury
who believes her family's death was no accident.
She ends up at the door of Slade Lockwood, a 20-year veteran
of the Los Angeles Police Department, who only halfheartedly agrees to
investigate the case because he is worn out by his work with the department.
"He's the reluctant hero," Adkins said.
"Yeah, he got involved, but he didn't want to."
Adkins said creating the characters was an easy process
for him.
"It's almost like the characters whisper in your
ear," he said.
Adkins, who spent about 11 and a half years with the
LAPD, said he based Lockwood off of his own detective work and the admirable
traits of his colleagues.
He described Lockwood as a man who gave everything he had
to his police career.
"You put a lot of work and time into it,"
Adkins said. "It can consume you. You bleed blue, so to speak."
Adkins said UF students will connect with the book
because it uses UF and other parts of Gainesville as settings.
Lockwood resides in Cedar Key, which is also an important
location in the novel.
"It's truly one of the last jewels of Florida," he said
of the city, located about 60 miles southwest of Gainesville.
Adkins is working on the sequel, "Power Grid,"
which will feature the same characters and a couple of plot twists.
"I think there are a few things that are going to
happen that will raise people's eyebrows," Adkins said.
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