Representation, Publicity, Publishing, Empowerment
Clear Lantern Media: Illuminating your purpose. Expanding your presence.
About Clear Lantern Media
Clear Lantern Media is a boutique agency focused on strategic representation for authors, creators, and original intellectual property across publishing, film, and media. We provide our clients with the publishing deals, licensing opportunities, and adaptation pathways to match their bold vision and diligent work. We also provide the editorial, publicity, and platform development tools and resources needed to ensure each project reaches its full potential. From pitch to placement, our work is rooted in strong relationships, targeted strategy, and a commitment to preserving creative vision while expanding market reach.
Johanna Maaghul - Founder and Agent
With over a decade as a senior agent at Waterside Productions—one of the most successful agencies in the fields of technology, health, and wellness—Johanna Maaghul brings seasoned representation and sharp market instincts to Clear Lantern Media. She continues to serve a select roster of authors and storytellers in these domains while actively seeking bold new projects that challenge the status quo—representing work across publishing, film, and screen.
A thirty year career technologist, Johanna channels her analytical mind and lifelong love of story into bringing powerful non-fiction to life on the page and on the screen. She negotiates book deals and film and adaptation rights alike, guiding creators from manuscript through publication and into film and media. Her gift for identifying emerging trends, extracting core value from complex ideas, and shepherding deeply researched, truth-telling work makes her an invaluable ally to thought leaders and changemakers. While her focus remains on non-fiction, Johanna occasionally champions exceptional fiction when she can't put it down.
Representation
Book Representation
CLM provides representation to publishers, audio platforms, and foreign rights buyers. We identify the right editorial and distribution partners for each project and guide authors through deal negotiation and long-term positioning.
Television & Film
Present original stories and adapted works to producers, agents, and production companies for option, development, or licensing. We build bridges between page and screen, advocating for IP in both scripted and unscripted formats.
Content Development & Guidance
Book Publishing Strategy
Let CLM help you evaluate traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing models and empower you to select the best path based on goals, timeline, and market fit.
Ghostwriting & Editing
Collaborate with our writing and editing professionals to shape and refine your manuscript with a focus on structure, clarity, and authentic voice through professional developmental editing.
Book Proposal Development
Create compelling nonfiction proposals and sample chapters tailored to agents, publishers, and media producers.
Book to Course/Film Conversion
Adapt existing books or ideas into teachable content or narrative formats for licensing, online learning, or screen development.
PR & Marketing Services
PR & Media Outreach
Design and execute targeted outreach to podcasts, press, and media aligned with your message and audience.
Press Kit Development
Build professional bios, media summaries, and digital assets for publishers, event bookers, journalists, and producers.
Digital Marketing Strategy
Build marketing campaigns that integrate social, email, and content marketing around launches or long-term goals.
Platform Building
Establish a clear, authentic presence across all platforms to support your creative identity and opportunities.
Transitional Publishing Services
Transitional Publishing is a strategic model that begins with a professionally executed self-publishing launch designed to generate measurable traction — book sales, audience growth, media visibility, and engagement — in the early phase of a book’s life. Rather than waiting for a traditional deal, we build proof of demand first, positioning the book through real market response and platform development.
By strengthening both sales performance and audience metrics in parallel, the book becomes more attractive to traditional publishers while also establishing independent success. At the end of this traction phase, the author has leverage and choice: pursue a stronger traditional publishing opportunity backed by documented performance, or continue expanding a profitable independent path.
This parallel-track approach delivered as a service is designed to build momentum first and create long-term strategic flexibility. Contact us for a free introductory discovery session.
By strengthening both sales performance and audience metrics in parallel, the book becomes more attractive to traditional publishers while also establishing independent success. At the end of this traction phase, the author has leverage and choice: pursue a stronger traditional publishing opportunity backed by documented performance, or continue expanding a profitable independent path.
This parallel-track approach delivered as a service is designed to build momentum first and create long-term strategic flexibility. Contact us for a free introductory discovery session.
The Complete Author Publishing Bootcamp
Tue, Nov 10, 2026 to Tue, Dec 1, 2026
Six live classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Pacific time. Learn every path from self-publishing to traditional publishing.
Upcoming Classes on ArkHub
On demand, free | Tue, Nov 10, 2026 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Thu, Nov 12, 2026 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tue, Nov 10, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Thu, Nov 12, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Tue, Nov 17, 2026 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Thu, Nov 19, 2026 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Tue, Nov 17, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Thu, Nov 19, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Tue, Nov 24, 2026 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tue, Dec 1, 2026 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tue, Nov 24, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Tue, Dec 1, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | On demand |
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