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Honestly I'm really curious about what inspired him to write the book and what inspired the idea of writing it as 15 different stories.
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I'd ask:

What inspired this writing?
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The book gave me a lot of knowledge and different perspectives. What was your motivation when writing this book? What did you want audience to relate with when reading this book?
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My question would be why did you write about Adam and Eve?
They lived thousands of years ago and no one can really know the truth about their lives at that time so why the conjecture?
Why do you think they had twelve daughters?
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My question is: What inspired the author to write the book in the first place? Was it sparked by theological discussion, or something he thought of himself and expanded on by writing this book?
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I also join in the trend and ask him his major motivation for writing. It really puzzled me.
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I would like to ask if he intends to write sequels to this one?
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I would like to ask the author: "Where and how did your get the inclusions made in the story aside from what is already obtainable in the Bible?"
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There are many things that one can write about; so, why did the author choose to write about Bible story, and not any other topic?
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Post by Stephanie Runyon »

My question would be, are you going to write more across the entire Bible? How did you pick your character attributes?
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book_fanatic_ wrote: 02 Jun 2020, 03:03 I have the same queries. What inspired the author to choose only this portion of Genesis and not others to embed into a novel?
I think Genesis was an easy chapter to plot on. The Bible is comprehensive, choosing other chapters would have proven a daunting task.
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I would like to ask the author what motivated him to write the novel, and whether or not he has studied the Bible thoroughly. For example, does he have degrees in religion, etc.?
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Since there is an issue raised about the title of the book. I would love to know the authors thought while chosing the title.
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My question to the author: what was your driving force in commencing and completing this interesting book? do you believe that the Bible is incomplete?
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Post by Nelson Chocha »

Well, the author deserves my question!
But firstly, "Killing Abel is a novel based on the historical events from Adam to Noah." I believe its purpose is to wrap chasms left in the Bible with fiction, while completely removing northing.

Do we expect a new book promptly to cover the rest of the Bible?
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