My favourite links
Writing
Writing News and Writing Magazine
http://www.writersnews.co.uk/main/default.asp
National Novel Writing Month.
Challenge yourself to write 50,000 words of a novel during the month of November.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Reading
The site for book lovers. You can download the opening extracts of featured books, so you can try before you buy.
http://www.lovereading.co.uk/
Tools for writers
yWriter - free novel-writing software. I have found it an invaluable tool, helping me to organise my novels into chapters and scenes as well as keeping track of my pesky characters.
http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html
Autocrit manuscript editing wizard. Helps you weed out those cliches, overused and repeated phrases & words, as well as improve the readability of your manuscript.
http://www.autocrit.com/
Language
Zamglish a.k.a. Zambian English phrases. Exactly what it says on the box! The idea of a collection of Zamglish phrases is borrowed from the now defunct Zambian online magazine Chrysalis
http://cherrybwalya.weebly.com/zamglish-aka-zambian-english.html