Removing the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation because cases are low is like canceling your car insurance because you haven’t crashed today.

One of my favorite reader reviews. Thanks Deidre M. "The bravery of good people during a horrific time is wonderful and restores your faith in mankind." BLACKOUT TRAIL: A Post-Apoc EMP Survival Thriller. lindanaughton.com/blackout_tra... #readingcommunity #books #booksky

There are many awesome dystopian/post-apocalyptic stories to be found in this book list. Organized by fellow authors at StoryOrigin. #books #readingcommunity storyoriginapp.com/to/gLbXqUn

Love that movie! (The film does play pretty fast and loose with travel times though, you're right.)

The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children. Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT

New blog post. The Rainmaker - TV Review. An overcomplicated mystery weighs down an otherwise entertaining Grisham adaptation. www.selfrescuingprincesses.com/the-rainmake... #therainmaker

💯 It's a necessary precursor in most cases. The Univ of WA Autism Center supports the validity of self-dx. "We believe that if you have carefully researched the topic and strongly resonate with the experience of the autistic community, you are probably autistic." depts.washington.edu/uwautism/wp-...

"When the world goes dark, a doctor embarks on a perilous journey. How far will she go for those she loves?" ⚡Apocalypse with Hope 💜 Found Family 🤔 Moral Dilemmas 🩺 Disaster Medicine 👩‍⚕️Female MC Who's Not Just "Strong" #SpoonieAuthChat

I've never done an entire story solely focused around the holidays, but they've certainly come up. For Blackout Trail I researched pioneer holiday traditions to consider how the characters might adapt to Christmas in a post-apocalyptic world. #SpoonieAuthChat

This is good advice!

I love hearing from readers. Thanks Rich M. "An epic journey for sure. Definitely recommend this to people looking for an action/adventure novel with a bit of a love story." BLACKOUT TRAIL: A Post-Apoc EMP Survival Thriller. lindanaughton.com/blackout_tra... #readingcommunity #books #booksky

PSA It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today. It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner. It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment. They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️

Great thread! I think piece is the crux of the issue. We're caught in a chicken-and-egg problem: no readers, no ebooks; no ebooks, no readers. I have ppb/audio wide, but eBook is AMZ exclusive because KU is almost 50% of my overall royalties. Wish it were different. ☹️

“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website

It’s not vaccines It’s not Tylenol It’s not circumcisions It’s not Tylenol It’s not vaccines & it’s also not a fucking problem to be eradicated! Autism is a natural way of being We don’t need a cure The only “cure” is love Unconditional Accommodation Acceptance Autism is not a problem to solve

I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them. I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.

Fall has turned our many forests into a beautiful array of colors. We missed peak foliage by about a week, but it was still cool. Made me think about what my MCs in Blackout Trail faced hiking through Allegheny National Forest. lindanaughton.com/blackout_tra...

Being a high masking, lower support needs autistic person who has a full time job and is married with kids basically makes it so people think your challenges are a combination of poor planning, poor choices, and social incompetence rather than because you have a literal disability 🥴

Check out some great sci-fi and fantasy reads, all available free on Kindle Unlimited. Organized by fellow indie authors at StoryOrigin. #readingcommunity #books #booksky storyoriginapp.com/to/WnjgTiX

New blog post! Dinosaur - TV Review. A delightful family drama with an autistic twist and a side of Scottish humor. www.selfrescuingprincesses.com/dinosaur-tv-...

It's Talk Money Week, so let's talk about the ADHD tax! 🧠 💸 Research shows people with ADHD spend an extra $2,000 per year in "ADHD tax" - money spent as a direct result of their condition impacting finances. 🧵 ⬇️

youtube.com/shorts/fRXQA... #FightFascism

Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life. It aids fascism.

Excited to share that the audiobook for Blackout Trail is available on Chirp for $2.99 for a limited time! Chirp offers amazing audiobook deals without subscriptions or commitments. #books #readingcommunity www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/b...

Hallo Deutsche Leser! Mein Novelle „Black Hawk am Boden” wurde auf Deutsch von Dr Tanja Lampa übsersetzt. Jetzt kostenlos bei KU. Als ein EMP ihren MedEvac-Hubschrauber vom Himmel holt, muss eine Sanitäterin der Flugrettung ihr Team lebend nach Hause bringen. #bücher www.amazon.de/dp/B0FTXR36RB

It's actually remarkably easy to not ever use ChatGPT.

Get some fall thrills in this list of indie fantasy and speculative fiction stories. Organized by fellow authors at Story Origin. #books #readingcommunity #booksky storyoriginapp.com/to/GUZonfg

New blog post: Superman (2025) Review - A superhero movie with heart. www.selfrescuingprincesses.com/superman-202...

We are more than our perceived “shortcomings.” More than what people find inconvenient about us. More than what annoyed our grade school teachers. So. Much. More. #ADHDAwarenessMonth

An authoritarian gov't on Mars, dissidents rounded up by shady operatives, a state-run media suppressing a massacre. My "90's chase thriller on Mars" was inspired by movies like The Net and Enemy of the State. I miss the days when its dystopia felt quaint and far-fetched. #booksky #books

Was cleaning up my closet and found my research notes from Blackout Trail. I plotted out the characters' route mile by mile across the North Country and Appalachian Trails, noting interesting landmarks and challenges. Fun times! I actually love doing book research. My search history is so random. 😂

It is almost impossible to write a book a year while working as a family breadwinner and being a present parent. If this is your situation, you are not failing. The world wants you to think you are so you buy things. Just keep swimming.

Whenever I see somebody online explaining the ways they know a kid is using ChatGPT to write a paper, I am sincerely glad I'm not a child anymore. Em dashes? Oxford commas? Enumerated lists? Complex contrasting sentences? I am a hyperlexic autistic and began writing like that in fourth grade.

The only LLM I can get behind. 😂

I know, right?

I wish I could get actual humans half as interested in my book as the AI scam marketing bots. 😂 In a colony on the brink of revolution, one woman takes a stand against tyranny. ~ Another Man's Freedom Fighter ~ Available wide #writingcommunity

Autism is a disability not a disease. Autism is a disability not a disease. Autism is a DISABILITY not a disease. You can't cure a disability. We need SUPPORTS. Not to be treated like we have the plague. 🤦‍♀️

Enter the CraveBooks Dystopian Sci-Fi Giveaway for a chance to win a hardcover book set and several eBooks, including my own dystopian tale, Another Man's Freedom Fighter. #readingcommunity #books #booksky

"I cannot tell you how distressing it is to have seen all these years of research go into autism and vaccine causation that could have been used to research better quality of life for my son.” @shannonrosa.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"A superbly plotted post-apocalyptic thriller." ~ When an EMP brings down the power grid, a doctor embarks on a perilous journey. How far will she go for those she loves? ~ Blackout Trail is available in eBook/ppb/audio/KindleUnlimited. #readingcommunity #books #booksky tinyurl.com/mry9pr3t

The North Country National Scenic Trail features prominently in Blackout Trail. It is the route my characters take for much of their journey north. It was cool to visit one of the trailheads in person this summer.

Tylenol does not cause autism. www.facebook.com/unbiasedscip...

Looking for an apocalyptic tale? Check out these audiobooks from fellow indie authors at Story Origin. storyoriginapp.com/to/oYXgpgF #booksky #readingcommunity

I am thrilled that Dustoff Down, the Blackout Trail spinoff novella, was given an Honorable Mention in the Short Story/Novella category of the 2025 Readers' Favorite Book Awards.Check out the Readers' Favorite website for other award-winning books. readersfavorite.com/2025-award-c... #booksky

Today, we honor the lives lost and the courage of the first responders who were impacted on September 11, 2001. We remember not only the tragedy of that day, but the deep scars it left on families, communities, and our nation.

New blog post! What's better than one book review? How about five (mini ones, anyway). Here are five post-apocalyptic book series I think are worth a look. www.selfrescuingprincesses.com/five-post-ap... #booksky #readingcommunity

Our regular reminder that the main cause of lovely autistic children is lovely autistic parents having a baby. And our reminder that e.g. autistic people have more pain conditions, so may be more likely to take paracetamol during pregnancy. Such pills are not the 'cause' of the autistic baby, USA.

Video by @ellecordova.bsky.social Remove RFK Jr! #RemoveRFK

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.