Over the past weekend, Texas sophomore Osawese Agbonkonkon won the Section B high jump competition at the Texas Relays.
But it wasn't the only highlight for Agbonkonkon over the past few months. Earlier this year, the Oregon transfer who was raised in Frisco self-published his first book, "Psychic Suit," a fantasy novel that is available on Amazon.
What's the book about? Agbonkonkon explained last week before the Texas Relays that his fantasy novel "follows a group of characters known as psychics. They are people blessed with powers by an alien metal. This metal has existed on Earth for thousands of years, and their ancestors were some of the first people to utilize it. Because of that, they were able to grow in wealth, they were able to grow in political connections and now their modern-day descendants, the characters that we focus on in the book, essentially live lives of opulence but also responsibility, because, of course, this metal and all this political power that they've obtained, we need to use it properly. And so when a terrorist attack in New York City using their technology is committed, it becomes we need to step in and stop these people, because it's our responsibility to essentially police this great resource we have, and if we fail at that, what are we?"
Agbonkonkon recently spoke to the American-Statesman about his book and how writing helps his athletic endeavors.
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What has it been like getting this book together?
This actually wasn't my first attempt at a book. This was my second. I still have the rough draft of the first one, but I think one of the biggest things was just how I feel that the book grew with me, from the themes to the quality of the writing to the length of it. As I grew, got more mature, learned new things, became more educated, it simply grew with me.
So how long would you say this book took to write?
I would say it took about six years to write. About three or four years to create an outline of it, and then about another two to really dive deeper into what would make it a good read.
Why did you want to write this book?
I think writing at first was a side hobby to me, and then once I started this story, it really became a part of me because it's your creation, you're going to love it. And I think just it became I want to do this professionally. I want it went from putting pen to paper to this is something that is going to I wouldn't say define me but definitely define a part of me.
Is there a character you relate to the most?
I would say that each character represents a piece of my worldview. For example, I would say Isazisi represents the more militaristic side of my ...
