You would receive a better response if you had posted this in the Newbie Questions section, and if you had asked more specific questions than just asking for broad advice.
Try again, you may get better mileage.
There's your first free tip. Advice #2 would be to get your post count up so that you are able to PM.
Minderwinter has some golden nuggets of info in this thread
here's a [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Market-Deluxe-Edition-Annual/dp/1599635941/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1370847121&sr=8-2&keywords=Writer%27s+Market"]link [/ame]to the amazon book he mentions