Happy Friday the 13th! Don’t forget to throw salt over your shoulder and avoid walking under ladders…Or whatever your personal superstitions are!

Author Sara Goff returns to her hometown for a book reading [News 34]

How to use Facebook as an author [Digital Book World]

Are we creating a nation of addicts? [CNN]

Tips to motivate your writing! [Where Writers Win]

How can we keep our daughters away from toxic friends? [Yahoo Parenting]

NaNoWriMo tips: Quit the Internet, cold turkey. [GalleyCat]

Tips from an indie author: Adapt, adjust. [Publishers Weekly]

If you’re an author who hates the marketing part, tips to make you “less miserable” [Jane Friedman]

100 books every New Yorker must read [Brooklyn Mag]

Halfway through NaNoWriMo! 8 resources for writers [Bustle]