You may need to get a book on music theory (oh yes!) as well then...

This will be the hardest time for you. It's time to dig out everything you learned in physics lessons! Find out about wave theory. This'll help with synthesis and the engineering side of production. Also, any electronics knowledge you have.

Read your Fruity Loops manual cover to cover. Ask about stuff you don't understand. Then move to the books I recommended.

Keep at it... It's so rewarding when you get there!

Tequila