Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. I have an official Lit. Agent! Do be careful, because I almost fell into the same trap. Peter Ahlstrom was nice enough to direct me to a website that weeds out the true agents from the false ones! I even spoke with the person that had set up the site, she's an author that has written several books...Victoria Strauss. So, I'm very excited about the next step!