HI I'm new to home brewing (like haven't even tried yet). I happened upon a thread about using Hop pellets in my R&D phase, and thought "This seems like a good place to start".
Welcome, esc. If you have a homebrew club close, I'd suggest visiting them. There might even be someone you can watch brewing. Michigan has a lot of homebrewers, and watching the process a couple times while asking questions would be worthwhile.