Aye, there is a lot of "body learning" you will want to get out of the way in the beginning.
"How long you have to admire the glass before putting it back in to the flame with out it exploding on you" is one and "how different colors behave differently in the heat" is another.
Transparent glass is usually stiffer than opaque glass and finding the sweet spot where 'stringer' will melt the way you want it to and learning that some bead release stays stuck better as long as it is hot are just a few of the details you want to get comfortable with before you start playing with the more expensive glass that does not want to be reheated too very much.
Play a lot.
Make a dozen of the same thing and look at the difference between the first one and the last one.
Corning Museum of Glass has some excellent free videos of hour long classes by some of the experts in the field and are well worth the time of watching 3 or 4 times.
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