An agent to writer contract???

I'm not an agent, but I have one, and I signed a contract with her. It was a few pages long but easy to understand. It covered things like her commission and what happens if either of us decides to end things. She told me to call her if I had any questions about it. I didn't find that an outside lawyer was necessary. (I've heard that contracts with publishers can be more complicated, so many people suggest having either an agent or a lawyer look those over, but unfortunately I don't have personal experience with that yet.)

They're generally fairly simple - mine was 2 pages of very standard boilerplate. This post is actually great at helping to make sense of it: http://www.publishlawyer.com/carousel3.htm