nice the key to success, learning curve wise, is to read everything. there is a FREE giant ass guide to the eve game you can download and read in pdf.
http://www.isktheguide.com/downloads...ursion_1_4.zip
thing has the basics and pretty much covers all the important shit. also there is a ton of guides and resources in and out of game. way too much to cover on here.
the key to staying with the game is to make friends and join a corp. solo eve players dont make it statistically although there are some people who just solo missions all day or box 20 characters mining.