Agent Wrangling With An Excerpt and a Pitch

I've hunted reviewers, scoured for publishers, even stumbled into awesome writing groups--but I've never tried to wrangle an agent. I wouldn't know where to start. It's nerve wracking to even think about. But I know someone who's doing it.
Janet Walden-West is an Urban Fantasy writer, award winner, and now she's trying her hand at agent wrangling--my words not hers. I've suggested luring them in with chocolate--you know, just set it on top of the manuscript and boom, got yourself an agent. J...