{"id":87,"date":"2014-03-05T22:29:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T05:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2014-11-15T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T23:23:46","slug":"chewing-rocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/?page_id=87","title":{"rendered":"Chewing Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13 size-medium\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CR_Cvr-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chewing Rocks\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CR_Cvr-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CR_Cvr-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CR_Cvr.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chewing Rocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chastity Snowden Whyte just<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-548\" style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Chewing-Rocks-Alan-Black\/dp\/1493684663\/ref=la_B00D9RUGRI_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1414252207&amp;sr=1-3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-548 size-full\" title=\"Go to Amazon to buy\" src=\"https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Amazon-Button.jpg\" alt=\"Go to Amazon.com to buy\" width=\"186\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Go to Amazon.com to buy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>wanted to mine for rocks, metal and<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-550\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dogearedpagesusedbooks.com\/?CLSN_2929=1414250230292968d31934ea7ba1a8dd&amp;keyword=Alan+Black&amp;searchby=author&amp;page=shop%2Fbrowse&amp;fsb=1&amp;Search=Search\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-550 size-full\" title=\"Go to Dog Eared Pages for an autographed copy\" src=\"https:\/\/alanblackauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Dog-Eared-Pages-Button.jpg\" alt=\"Go to Dog Eared Pages for an autographed copy\" width=\"193\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Go to Dog Eared Pages for an autographed copy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ice in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Rock mining in space was all she knew. It was all she was good at doing. She was comfortable living alone as the captain of her mining ship the Sedona. Normally she managed with only infrequent trips to the planetoid Ceres for resupply.<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t want to have to make extra trips back to base because of equipment failure. She didn\u2019t want to become a mining tutor for a group of newcomers from Earth. And she certainly didn\u2019t want to get entangled in corporate conspiracies, piracy, kidnapping, murder and worst of all&#8230;politics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Paperback:<\/b> 266 pages<\/li>\n<li><b>Publisher:<\/b> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 9, 2013)<\/li>\n<li><b>Language:<\/b> English<\/li>\n<li><b>ISBN-10:<\/b> 1493684663<\/li>\n<li><b>ISBN-13:<\/b> 978-1493684663<\/li>\n<li><b> Product Dimensions: <\/b> 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches<\/li>\n<li><b>Shipping Weight:<\/b> 14.4 ounces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chastity Snowden Whyte just wanted to mine for rocks, metal and ice in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Rock mining in space was all she knew. It was all she was good at doing. She was comfortable living alone as the captain of her mining ship the Sedona. 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