Websites for the Budding Novelist and Starving Writer

ONLINE WRITING COMMUNITIES:
Author Salon: An online vetting process with industry professionals and a writing community.  
LitReactor: An online writing workshop spawned from Chuck Palahniuk's official website. 
Review Fuse: An online writing group with a format that encourages detailed constructive criticism. 
Notes and Grace Notes: An online writing community.

PUBLISHING RESOURCES:
Funds for Writers: Features competitions and freelance markets that offer payment for published material.
Query Shark: Learn how to get an agent's attention.
Agent Query: Find an agent to represent your book.

ARTICLES AND ADVICE:
The perils and pleasures of long-running fantasy series: A short article by Zach Handlin.
Writer's Digest: Articles and advice for writers.
Self-Publishing a Book: 25 Things You  Need To Know: A MUST READ by David Carnoy.  

Websites for the Curious Reader

NPR's Top 100 Scifi and Fantasy Books: See what everyone else is reading!
Banned Books: A truly underground story about a high school student who's been breaking the rules.
Pixel of Ink: Find cheap online books for your Kindle.
Every Day Novels: Serialized novels delivered to your inbox daily.

Featured Authors

Websites of featured authors are listed on the blog posts that reference them.