Thank you for your advice.  I simply do not have the monetary resources to self-publish and shoulder the entire marketing venture.  I see no alternative but to continue my litearary agent search except for this fantastic exposure to other women...

You tell it as it is -- for you and those you represent.  However I found no words of wisdom or help for me as I do not write in the every-day wonderful reads you speak of but rather in the area of narative nonfiction.   Surely you must have some...