Our Services
Literary Agenting
At GiraffeLight Media Agency, we champion your work from manuscript to marketplace. We connect authors with the right publishers, negotiate contracts in your best interest, and guide you through the publishing process every step of the way. From refining your pitch to navigating rights and royalties, we’re your advocate, sounding board, and representation to the industry—helping you focus on what matters most: telling your story.
As an agency, we are transparent in that we operate differently than other agencies with our fee structure and percentage splits. However, we do hold to certain industry standards in that we do NOT charge reading fees, we do NOT charge signing fees, and we will NEVER pressure you to sign with us. We encourage all writers to have an attorney look over our contracts before signing so you understand what you are agreeing to.
Additionally, we like to give our writers options to retain more equity in their book sales. Rather than charging the current agency standard of 15% whether or not a book actually needs developmental edits or formatting edits, we realize that no two writers and no two manuscripts are the same.
Our base representation fee is 10%. We work with authors on a per-project basis to determine what a manuscript actually needs to introduce it to the market. If editing is required, we offer flat-rate edit packages and payment plans based on how much time and attention is necessary.
Why do we do it this way? Because having also worked as an author and ghostwriter, we’ve felt the pinch of those 15% fees. We understand the hard work and years spent writing a book! Rather than automatically eating into percentage of an author’s royalties in perpetuity, this allows us to evaluate and treat our authors fairly like we would want to be treated!
We value people over profits and strive to build longterm working relationships with our clients.
Our Clients
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Dawn Cazedessus
Trailer Park CEO
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Jennifer Steil
The Underside, Deep Water Running
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"Yte Truck"
Trucked Up: Straight From the Beautiful Underbelly of New Orleans
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Rachel Reilly
Painted Portals
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Danielle Conner
NYT and Circana #1 Best Selling Graphic Novelist
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Alicia Seichshnaydre
Fear Is Not My Future
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Wilson Genio Charles
The Curse of the Viejo Twelve
Ghostwriting
We get it. You want to write a book, but you don’t have the time! Or maybe you don’t even know the first thing about turning your message into long-form prose. Our ghostwriter, Stephanie Katz, brings your ideas, stories, and expertise to life on the page—capturing your voice so it feels authentically yours. She handles the interviewing, research, writing, and structuring of your book, while you remain the credited author. From proposal to outlining to final draft, Katz works closely with you to ensure your message shines, saving you time and turning your vision into a polished, compelling manuscript ready for the marketplace.
Our Projects
Screenwriting
We also hire out services as a work-for-hire screenwriter able to craft scripts tailored to a project’s creative vision and production needs. We work closely with producers and directors, developing characters, structuring detailed outlines, and working from first draft through color production drafts. We carefully align creativity with budget constraints and logistical realities and conduct thorough research to ensure authenticity and accuracy to create compelling, marketable narratives. Collaboration is key, and we work with producers, directors, actors, and crew keys to adapt drafts with the final project in mind. We realize that screenwriting is a business first and foremost, so we stay deadline-driven and detail-oriented. As a work-for-hire screenwriter, we delivers polished scripts that are ready for production, meeting both the artistic and practical demands of filmmaking.
Our Films
Coverage + Script Development
With over a decade of experience doing script coverage and script analysis for production companies like Great American Pureflix, Pinnacle Peak Pictures, GND Media, Tread Lively, and independent producers, we offer qualitative and quantitative reports that objectively, critically, and creatively evaluate a screenplay’s strengths, weaknesses, and market potential. Coverages typically includes a one-sheet with scoring rubric; a summary breakdown with corresponding page numbers indicating how efficiently beats fall according to Save The Cat structure; plot pacing, character, dialogue and production value breakdown; budget analysis and theatrical marketability notes; and a recommendation for producers or executives deciding whether to move forward into greenlighting a project. We look feature screenplays, TV pilots, and manuscript being considered for adaptation to the screen, and provide sound analysis in a timely fashion.
