I was in a similar boat this past July to the one this "new guy" sounds to be in and just wanted to pipe up and say that though it is concerned with 5.0, the Antonovich book has been infinitely valuable as I've flailed around in these waters - and for those "I could just beat myself right now" moments, the Dummies book is a real winner too.

Not treading water so much as standing on a sandbar as the tide rolls in,
jwilliams.