Welcome to Roleplay City, pentagrandma!
The basics: read through the species charts, decide what sort of character you want to play, then go to the
Pending characters section and create a character. Post it and Satyr or I'll look it over then move it to approved characters (we'll send you a message if there's some sort of clarification we want). Once that's done, you're free to create a role-play and post it in the
New Roleplays section or join any open role-plays.
We have a Facebook group that (hopefully) your good friend will add you to? It's easy then to start up a chat with someone either in the Facebook group or via Messenger
There's also messages in the Infusco forum, you can send a query to anyone in there and set something up. If you're really new, there's plenty of experienced role-players willing to role-play with you. Most of us have character sheets listed in our signatures so you can feel free to approach someone whom you feel will match the story you wish to tell (if you've been lurking for a while, you've probably noticed that, though) and go from there.
once again and here's wishing you all the best, most exciting and interesting role-plays ever!