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Brandi Ziegler

@brandizwriter.bsky.social
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I write YA & MG fiction, mostly #blackgirlmagic Child of God. Lover of all things bookish. @brandizwriter on Insta! Rep: Sandra Proudman @ GZLA brandimziegler.wordpress.com

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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Screaming bc I get to meet my agent IN PERSON tomorrow!!!! 😍🤩🥹
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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
SAL is here!!! I am so proud of this book, so grateful to my teams, my family and friends, and above all to readers for making this book happen! See you virtually to celebrate at 3PT with Aiden Thomas and Amparo Ortiz! Register for link: thenovelneighbor.com/events/25336...
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🎉🎉🎉
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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I’m at $885/$1,000 goal for the week! If you need a query critique, 50 page partial critique, want a date with a book, or need a new website:
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Poster #2 for my #PosterPitA #YA #R #F with some wishful awards. 🤩 #PosterPit has been a blast!!
Movie poster with a wall of green wet dripping leaves as the background. 

Top: the white italicized text reads Beasts of Prey x The Forest Demands Its Due.

At an angle is the title “The Paths We Take” in capitalized white font next to three pictures (also angled): a Black boy profile, a roaring leopard profile, and a Black girl with colorful braids profile. The background image is from ShotDeck, the other three pictures are from Pinterest.

Below the title and three images is the movie pitch: Two teens race through a corrupted rainforest toward separate goals, ultimately changing each other and stirring a revolution (and falling in love). 

Below the title is a logline: A chance encounter of a lifetime…

Along the bottom of the poster are awards surrounded by leaf crowns – “Best Visual Effects”, “Best Editing”, “Best FMC” (female main character), “Best MMC” (male main character), “Best Dual POV” (point of view)

Bottom text reads “Young Adult Romantic Fantasy by Brandi Ziegler”
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Trinity🪞is querying🪞 @trinitywrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Lonely hacker Renaya must help a kind android boy recover his memories so she can solve her father's murder—before those behind it get to her first. #PosterPitW #PosterPit #YA #SF
Memories hold more than faces. Renaya Gillox. Alecto Mordan. METAL BONES, PLASTIC HEART, in the query trenches June 2025. A robot hand holds a red plastic heart. One half of the poster is red, the other blue. Faint binary code in the background.
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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
CABIN IN THE WOODS×JOHN DIES AT THE END×KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of ttrpg experience to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. #PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #H #M
This is a movie or show poster for "Dad Bodies," a comedy horror murder mystery. The poster features several men with exaggerated expressions of shock, fear, and surprise arranged around the title. 

The title "DAD BODIES" is prominently displayed in the center, with "DAD" in white text and "BODIES" in red. Above the title, text reads "STARRING DAVE VINCENT SAM HANK MARV & TROY IN" and below the title is the tagline "HOW MANY DADS DOES IT TAKE TO SOLVE A MURDER?"

The background has a reddish color scheme with what appears to be stylized monster teeth or jaws framing the image, giving it a horror aesthetic. At the bottom of the poster, it states "A CO(S)MIC HORROR MURDER MYSTERY BY B. VAN BOEGOM."

The poster combines horror and comedy elements with the expressions of the men suggesting both fear and humor, a comedic take on the horror genre centered around a group of fathers.
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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Coming to query inboxes July 2025 🏴‍☠️👑🧜🏿‍♀️ #posterpit #posterpitw #YA #F #LGBT #amediting
A mock-up movie poster for my YA fantasy novel, THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN. 

This poster features a digital illustration of a dark blue wave carrying a tall galleon past a castle. Beneath the waves, a mermaid is subtly silhouetted above a lush coral reef. A lone bird flies above the ship, both silhouetted against the rising sun. 

The poster contains the following text:

TOP: Amir (the pirate), Mira (the princess), John (for now*); * written in the colors of the trans pride flag.

A SHIP IN HARBOR IS SAFE
BUT THAT ISN’T WHAT SHIPS ARE BUILT FOR.

Middle: THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN

Bottom: 
YA FANTASY. 82K. MULTI-POV.
ANTI-COLONIAL NON-WESTERN. POLITICAL INTRIGUE.
BESTIES TO LOVERS. FOUND FAMILY. PLATONIC TOUCH HER AND DIE.
STRONG GIRLS. BIG FEELINGS. SHARP PROSE.
DIVERSE. QUEER. MAGICAL
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Taylor Coffman @taycoffman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Starting off #PosterPit with a poster for #Sirensong, where Iron Widow meets Steelheart as a traumatized young woman takes her accidental powers on a quest for vengeance, entering a world full of crime and corruption as she hunts for the puppeteer that possessed her mother. #NA #SF #R #PosterPitQ
A blurry portrait of a young brunette woman with a stripe of black and white over her eyes. The text across the top reads: slowburn, morally grey FMC, kill the rich, power and corruption, and found family. Below that, two awards read "Most Pride content in a single book" and "Best kittens with superpowers." 

NA Sci-Fi/Romance
Taylor Coffman
119k Words
Sirensong

Coming soon to an inbox near you
Now Querying
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Just gonna drop my #PosterPitA for my #YA #R #F and snack on popcorn while checking out all of the entries for #PosterPit 🍿I want to see all of these on the big screen!!
Movie poster with a green gorge in the background with a waterfall and water flowing along the bottom; a slightly transparent set of holding hands layer over top the gorge image, dark-skinned with a pink bracelet on one wrist; gorge image from ShotDeck, hands from Canva

Writing along the top border reads “Running Required” (with two running guys beneath), “Strangers to Saviors” (with question marks and crossed spears), “Eldritch Deity” (with black/red monster eyes), and “Corrupted Rainforest” (with twisty, spiky vine)

Beneath that are five gold stars with the quote “UNPUTDOWNABLE” below it, said by Future Fans.

The title “The Paths We Take” is center with “A chance encounter of a lifetime…” off to the right.

Text at the bottom: Two teens race through a corrupted forest toward separate goals, ultimately changing each other and stirring a revolution (and falling in love, duh). [Forthcoming novel by Brandi Ziegler]
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Rounding out my anniversary month with my agent feeling so grateful. I’m so pleased to see all of the rep/vagueness in the #WritingCommunity this month (it’s been wildly amazing!) & watching y’all find your champions!! March was a month of dreams coming true 💖 Watch out April!
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I’m so feral when emerging from my revision cave 👾 long days obsessed with perfecting a world of my own making while being present for a fam of 4. Takes a few blinks (and snacks) to snap out of it. Now onward into the hurry-up-and-wait subterrane 🧌 with a new WIP to keep me company
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Gah this cover 😍 and the author lineup 👀 excited for this one!!
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
MS was sent back at 4am this morning. SUCCESS!! Feeling sleep deprived but accomplished
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Reached a milestone with my line-edits today 😮‍💨 celebrating every win cause it’s wild out here. Would love to get this MS back to my agent this week 🤞🏾 Self-care y’all 💖
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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
✨IT’S TIME✨ For three days only SAL will be part of the B&N preorder sale!!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/salvaci-n-... Get the YA historical fantasy Zorro retelling that Kirkus called “A heartfelt, swashbuckling, standout novel.” Make sure to save your receipt! 🗡️💛 Code: PREORDER25. #B&NPreorder
25% off with code: Preorder25 when you pre-order online at Barnes & Noble for rewards and premium members only.

Cover of Salvación by Sandra Proudman also shown of a young woman dressed in all black outfit like Zorro.
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Doom scrolling 💀 instead of reading 📚(trying to finish 2nd book of 2025 before Feb) or editing ✨ Although I am seeing agents open to queries and writers getting agented/going vague so there’s that between the doom and gloom 🎉 rooting for y’all
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I love publishing emails from my agent that don’t involve rejection 🥲
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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Thank you to everyone who've bid on items for the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser already! 🫶 With a ceasefire coming tomorrow, families will be hoping to evacuate injured family members. 175+ items left without bids! www.32auctions.com/organization... Next goal $10,000 raised!
Graphic that says: Thank you for helping raise over $5,000! Next goal: $10,000 raised. Visit auction: https://bit.ly/kidlit4ceasefire2025auction
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I must show #P2Ppit love for my #YA #C #F as well. With the resurgence of vampires (YAY), I hope more paranormal creatures (and their slayers) get to shine again 👀 #Agented
Background image of blue flames against black

Text: When 16yo demon-slaying apprentice, Elle, makes a deal with demons to save her sister, she thought handing over the replacement host would be just as easy. But they’re the best friend she didn’t know she needed—and the end of the world. 

Four bullet points shaped like crossed swords over a shield with text: Scary AF Demons, Supernatural World Travel, Found Family (flooded with forbidden love, frenemies, and fools), Sword-Wielding Teens Breaking All the Rules of Their Secret Society
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Would love to read this one day, agents, just saying!
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Excited to participate in #P2Ppit so I can find more creatives on this app. I'm blown away by what everyone's presenting and I'm convinced half of you have computer graphics backgrounds (thanks, Canva)! Here's mine for my #Agented upper #MG #C Happy pitching!
Background image of a large cruise ship at sea, slightly clouded pink/purple sunset sky. 

Text: When a military brat’s parents look like they’re on the verge of splitting, she works double time to “enhance” their cruise and maintain the picture-perfect future planned for her family (four years at the SAME high school)

Four anchor bullet points: Army Family, Trickster Twin Siblings, Cute Cruise Insider, Shenanigans
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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
✨PLEASE SHARE✨ It is live!!! There are over 260 AMAZING items to bid on in the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire auction from year-long mentorships to signed books to full manuscript critiques to art commissions the fundraiser has you covered! 🇵🇸 Link: bit.ly/KidLit4Cease...
A graphic that says 260+ items #KidLit4Ceasefire 2025 Auction (January 15-31st) Visit Auction: https://bit.ly/kidlit4ceasefire2025auction
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Does anyone go back and comfort read their polished/published writing to remind themselves they know what they’re doing and they’re not a total hack or is that just me?
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I killed a lot of darlings today and reminded myself that writing is rewriting. The thrill of making a draft better is worth it. Pressing forward into 2025 with so many things, including posting on Bluesky since *checks notes* 2023 🫢 excited to see all the pub/writing posts! Happy writing!!
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
I think platonic soulmates deserve epic meet-cutes too 😏💞 made this aesthetic for my MC Elle and her ride-or-die, Joy. So much banter and shenanigans from these two in my YA contemporary fantasy
Top left corner is a quote - "I saved you from being kidnapped."

To the right of that is a photo of long black hair with a draped hand over it with chipped black nail polish and several bangles on the wrist/forearm.

In the middle is a silhouette of two hands reaching for each other with a dusky sky in the background depicting a heart.

To the left is a black female kneeling - legs prominent - hand on one of her black combat boots.

The bottom right black box holds the other side of the convo as a quote - "By... kidnapping me?"

All photos found on Pinterest!
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 23/08/2023
My MC, Elle, is a basic b*tch for anything pumpkin spiced, and would be first in line for SB’s new iced pumpkin cream chai latte 👀 🏃🏾‍♀️
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Brandi Ziegler @brandizwriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2023
Last audiobook that I loved: Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker Current listen: You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron While I love studying structure in a physical book (esp dialogue!), I'm grateful for the talented artists bringing authors' words to life in audio form! #amreading
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