Excellent advice everyone!

I just finished another freeroll cashing $1.1. My bankroll is now $8.8. I was thinking about the Fixed limit tables. I'm getting Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big With Expert Play by Ed Miller, David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth in a week or so. I hear that book has some great tips on playing lowlimit tables.

The one thing I hate about lowlimit fixed is that it is so hard to protect your hand. For example if you flop top pair with ace kicker, and you bet/raise and you got 5 callers with all kinds of draws to a set, straight, flush, two pair. My thought here is, Is there no way I can start playing NL right now? I guess I come off as eager, but I just want to learn something like NL/PL where you really can protect your hands, and where you really can make money if you know what you're doing.

I am hoping to learn just this. That is why I am here, and happy to have found this forum. Any pointers?