The first thing you should do when looking for an agent to represent your work is to familiarize yourself their area of expertise. Not all agents focus on works of fiction, some are only interested in technical books, while on the other side of the coin other...

In no particular order, here are some of the things that I had made note of. Choosing the path. . . in the beginning, my enthusiasm was very high (perhaps too high?) and I was chasing off on several different home-based business opportunities at the same time (exhibiting the dog in a meat market syndrome, I suppose) and not focusing my efforts enough to be successful at any single one of them. I finally reigned myself in and focused on a single work at home business opportunity. In other notes I find reference to emotional and/or psychological issues that I experienced and are probably typical for most people when starting a home based business.