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I've been playing for a couple of years - breaking even for the most part in low limit online and brick and mortar games. The fastest way to improve your game is to read some of the excellent hold'em theory and practical books out there - i started with Poker for Dummies, that covers all the basics and will introduce you to the way the game progresses. Once you know the basics of the game, some of the best books available are Kreiger's Hold 'Em Excellence, and Sklansky's Theory of Poker and Hold 'Em Poker.
The book that Jimmy4 recommends above, Brunson's Super System, is a seminal work in Poker writing. However, it's directed at a specific target market - players who will be playing for generally large money in agressive games. At low limit tables, whether in the real world or on the internet, the "plays" that Brunson discusses are not as effective, because calling will occur much more often.
Stick to the fundamentals - you can play $0.50 - $1.00 tables at Party Poker or Paradise Poker for quite some time without losing a great deal of money, and generally if you play tight clean textbook poker you'll be just fine. A lot of players have great difficulty with the patience necessary to play poker well even at the most basic level, and you can take advantage of that.
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