Blaze
You will have seen by now that PPRuNe is probably the best means in the world for aspiring pilots to talk to experienced practitioners of the art of flying, of whatever stripe.
Would have to underline cwatters' advice about getting some aeros in. I was put off for years by comments that 'you don't want to go in a Pitts Special, it's for display aerobatics only', and 'pulling g gives you a headache'. 20 years after I first flew, I found an expert with an S2B to take me up, and all I can say is those wise comments were utter cr@p. OK this bloke was good (it was Clive Watson, if that means anything to you), but as for making me feel icky it was like watching it on telly - up to 5g (and down to -2) flown so smoothly you really did not know it was happening. It was a demonstration of flying skill to aspire to.