Hi Kimee
There are lots of helpful people on this board. If I were you I would do what your are doing...asking questions.
http://www.spacash.com is a good sponsor that pays and has plenty of the tools and content you need to start out. Just make sure you grab the newest content when it comes out
One problem I see already though is MOST places won't take submits from people using free/web based emails. Yahoo, Google, Hotmail etc.
You should use your IP email addy. I hope that helps a bit.