Here is a selection of useful links you may be interested in looking at. They have helped me no end in my development and refinement of my first novel.

http://creativewriting.ning.com - a social network for authors and fans of creative writing.

http://www.youwriteon.com - a credit based critique and review site.

http://www.writersdigest.com/101sites - a list of 101 useful websites for writers.

http://fictionwriting.about.com/ - a regularly updated writing resource

http://www.philip-pullman.com - a not-so-regularly updated writing legend

http://arcsin.se/ - this site has been adapted from a template by Arcsin