Subjects of Interest
Myron Grace
Screenworks Entertainment
If 2019 was the year Myron Grace built his fantasy resume, then 2020 was when the contradictions became impossible to ignore. In one post, he’s pitching movie deals and claiming a decades-long track record of success. In the next, he’s begging for gloves, sanitizer, and money to buy his own medicine. The year reads like a cautionary tale in manufactured credibility, one where the sales pitches keep coming, regardless of how illogical or desperate the previous post might have sounded. From lavish promises of book-to-movie deals to vague claims of persecution and divine calling, Grace’s online footprint tells the story of a man switching masks as needed to generate attention, money, or both. By the end of 2020, he had gone from media mogul to bedridden patient to preacher, all while keeping the same donation link active.
January 7, 2020 – The New Year Pitch (With a 2019 Stamp)
Myron Grace kicked off 2020 by doing what he does best: pushing a confusing blend of inflated credentials, low-budget offers, and a strange undercurrent of personal need. In this single post, he referred to his business as having a five-star BBB rating, being around for 20 years, and himself as a member of ASCAP since 2004. He also claimed he could help build websites, promote books, provide radio interviews, and manage social media, all for as little as $65.
Then came the line that set the tone for another year of contradictions: “I could use some support.”
The post includes a promo sale labeled “Happy New Year 2019!”—a typo that hints either at reused material or carelessness. He advertised everything from website promotions to book campaigns to “Hot Atlanta Mix 106,” still relying on vague service descriptions and rapid-fire pricing tiers: $65, $125, $185, all tied to the length of the promotion.
Once again, the contradiction is loud: a man claiming to run a highly successful 20-year-old business, but who’s offering steep discounts and publicly asking for help. Myron Grace's cycle continues, one week, he’s an investor with deep pockets. The next, he’s fishing for sales, and the next, asking for donations.
January 28, 2020 – Just $292 for a Shot at Millions?
Myron Grace reappeared at the end of January with a one-day-only offer: $292 and 10% of your future royalties would get you a solicitation to the “#3 and #4 Publishing Company in the World.” Which companies? He doesn’t say. How does he know their rank? No explanation.
But the real bait came in the second half of the pitch. He claimed he could help land a deal worth $10,000 to $30,000 upfront, with “Big Royalties Checks” sent out every six months. No details, no publishing names, no contract terms, just another lavish claim paired with a payment request and that familiar push: “Today Only!”
February 28, 2020 – Grace Declares Himself a Civil Rights Icon
To mark Black History Month, Myron Grace posted what appears to be a tribute to himself, a rambling list of grand claims so loosely worded, unverifiable, and self-congratulatory that it reads more like a resume for a fantasy version of himself than a record of actual achievements.
He opens by stating he was discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1987 after contracting smallpox, a disease eradicated globally by 1980. If true, this would make Grace the only known modern case and an international medical phenomenon, yet no documentation or news coverage exists to support it. The rest of the post follows the same pattern: implausible milestones, missing context, and a complete lack of evidence.
Myron Grace claims to have been endorsed by the governor of Ohio at age 25, chosen as one of 25 minority students from a pool of 10,000 to attend Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and awarded a journalism prize equivalent to a Pulitzer, yet he can’t put a comprehensible sentence together in his marketing material. But he never names the governor and omits dates or specifics that could be fact-checked. The mention of Cooley Law School is hilarious; it’s widely regarded as one of the lowest-ranked, least selective law schools in the country, known more for its controversy than prestige. If this was a standout accomplishment in Grace’s life, that says more than he likely intends.
He also claims to have filed lawsuits to fight elder abuse, which aligns with his public bragging in other writings about suing corporations in his spare time. But court records reveal no significant outcomes from any of these efforts. Like Cooley Law itself, Grace’s legal ventures seem to emphasize show over substance, ambitious in language, but failed in execution.
For a man claiming to have been trained by Coretta Scott King, written Off-Broadway hits and produced a hit sitcom for Warner Brothers, there’s a remarkable absence of anything verifiable. The only consistent through-line in this post is vagueness, a tool often used not to obscure minor details, but to avoid accountability altogether.
April 20, 2020 – Media Tycoon Needs a Handout: Sanitizer and Gloves
In another strange pivot, Myron Grace paused his usual promotional blitz to ask for help finding hand sanitizer and gloves during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. While this request may have seemed normal in April 2020, it sharply contrasted with the persona he had pushed in the months prior: a man claiming to fund book-to-movie deals, offer million-dollar investment returns, and boast deep industry connections. Now, suddenly, he was asking strangers on Facebook to send him basic supplies.
This inconsistency isn’t an isolated moment. It’s part of a larger pattern in Grace’s posts, he oscillates wildly between portraying himself as a wealthy media investor and as someone in need of donations, favors, or freebies. One day he’s covering 70% of legal and production costs for authors; the next, he’s pleading for money, medicine, or, in this case, sanitizer and gloves.
For someone claiming to run a company with a 20-year track record, thousands of clients, and connections to the world’s top publishers and studios, the inability to procure gloves and sanitizer is more than just a sign of the times, it’s a crack in the persona. When you claim to have wealth and influence, even your smallest requests can expose the truth.
April 28, 2020 – Bragging on a Budget
Just eight days after asking Facebook for hand sanitizer and gloves, Grace resurfaced to pitch a “new financial freedom” plan. He states he’s earned $952,000 online in 15 years, an oddly specific figure that undermines his usual “millionaire mogul” routine. When divided out, it’s around $63,000 a year before taxes. Not bad, but hardly the wealth-building empire he often claims to run.
This offer is another investment plea: send $1,950 to get 1% of something vaguely defined. The promised return is ten years out, $10,000 minimum, but balloons to $250,000 “if the company goes public.” These kinds of hypotheticals are a staple in Grace’s pitches: plausible-sounding on the surface but loaded with vague assumptions and zero accountability.
Also worth noting: the free advertising offer on "Atlanta Mix 108" appears again, but this time with an inflated listener count, now it’s over 300,000 a day. That’s a jump from his previous 285,000/month claim. These numbers shift with his mood, and no independently verified listenership exists to support any of them.
In short: a man claiming Fortune 500 ties, TV deals, and bestselling books is now looking for partners to help him “build the company into the future” with a $2,000 buy-in. The contradictions keep stacking up.
June 18, 2020 – Weaponizing Injustice for Cash
Just weeks after George Floyd’s murder and the height of global protests, Myron Grace posted this bright-orange plea using the Black Lives Matter movement as a fundraising tool. He claimed he was being attacked by white supremacists and pleaded for help, not through action or awareness, but by asking followers to buy a $45 interview or just donate directly to him. No evidence of any attack was presented. No names. No incident. Just a vague claim and a call for cash.
This post is one of the clearest examples of Myron Grace exploiting public tragedy and social justice for personal gain. There’s no details of the attack, no organization attached, no movement, no activism, only a PayPal address, a phone number, and the usual pitch for Screenworks Entertainment. He even tacked on his website to make the sales funnel complete.
It’s important to understand that this isn’t advocacy, it’s opportunism. Grace has a long history of using whatever topic is trending, be it COVID, Black Lives Matter, or holiday panic, to drive clicks and collect payments. This post, in particular, crosses a moral line. He uses the language of protest and oppression not to demand justice, but to make money.
August 3, 2020 – Pandemic Aid for Sale?
In this post, Myron Grace advertises what appears to be access to COVID-19 relief funds, up to $20,000, offering the application link only after someone pays him $100 to “purchase an advertisement logo.” He assures followers that “all money goes directly to you,” but includes no program name, no government affiliation, no terms, and no source for this funding. Instead, the pitch reads like a scam disguised as a radio promotion.
There are several red flags:
- Charging for access to relief money isn’t just unethical, it could violate federal laws, especially if the funds are falsely represented as being from government or authorized sources.
- If Grace collected payments from vulnerable individuals during the COVID-19 crisis under false pretenses, it could fall under wire fraud, false advertising, or even pandemic-related fraud under DOJ guidelines.
- He claims the only fee is for an “advertising service,” yet the entire post is structured around a promise of financial aid, making it highly misleading.
- The supposed deadline (the same day as the post) adds to the false urgency common in advance-fee scams.
It’s unclear whether anyone was actually defrauded, but even as a pitch, this post walks a thin legal line. If he implied affiliation with any government relief program without proper authorization, it absolutely could be investigated as fraud. I highly recommend if anyone took Grace up on this issue, to contact the authorities, then contact me.
September 10, 2020 – Movie Magic for $99
Myron Grace announces yet another sweeping production offer, this time promising to turn “as many books as possible” into movies. He claims authors will receive a percentage of profits, and that all scripts, legal work, equipment, and production costs will be fully covered. The catch? Authors must pay a one-time fee of $99. What’s missing, again, are the details: which film companies are involved, how percentages are calculated, or how one man can finance unlimited scriptwriting and full production at a rate that wouldn’t cover lunch on a studio lot. Considering Grace’s frequent pleas for money and supplies, including gloves and sanitizer just months earlier, his promise to fund entire productions raises obvious questions. Where is this money coming from? And if his company truly had the financial power to bankroll multiple films, why the desperate need to crowdsource COVID basics?
September 13, 2020 – Grace, the Loan Officer
On November 27, 2019, Myron Grace was asking for money to purchase his medicine, implying he was struggling both financially and physically. Five months later, he needed help acquiring sanitizer and gloves. Then, just another five months after that, on September 13, 2020, he claimed to be giving out loans for business and project support, as long as recipients could pay 10 percent of the loan amount upfront. So within less than a year, we go from a man unable to afford basic medical supplies to someone supposedly handing out business loans. The contradiction is blatant, and the fine print that you need to pay upfront to get the money makes the offer look less like charity and more like opportunism.
September 14, 2020 – Selling Services by Exploiting Race and Crisis
The very next day, on September 14, 2020, Myron Grace shifted his tone again. This time, publicly pleading for business due to a lack of government assistance. He framed his request around being a Black entrepreneur during COVID-19, asking people to support him by purchasing advertising packages from Screenworks Entertainment. He listed an exhaustive menu of vague services, from "Zoom Promotion Conference" to "Script Writing and Development," all while repeatedly emphasizing that he accepts payments. This sales pitch came just one day after he claimed he was giving out loans to help others. So in the span of twenty-four hours, Grace went from acting as a benefactor to asking for financial help once again. The pattern repeats: he flips between portraying himself as a successful businessman and someone in financial need, whichever narrative serves the post’s goal, usually collecting money.
October 14, 2020 – From Smallpox to “Hurt Bad in the First 90 Days” in the U.S. Navy
In this post, Myron Grace once again leans on his military background to gain sympathy and sell advertising packages. But this time, his story has changed. Instead of claiming he was honorably discharged for surviving smallpox (a disease eradicated years before his alleged 1987 discharge), he now says he was “hurt bad in the first 90 days in.” These two accounts aren’t just different, they’re completely incompatible. If he was injured during his first 90 days, that implies he served less than a year. Pair that with his claim of being discharged due to contracting smallpox, and the contradictions pile up. Getting “hurt” and surviving an eradicated virus aren’t the same, and both stories lack any public verification. The timeline is suspect, the details constantly shift, and once again, it all circles back to the same thing: a sales pitch.
I have submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the National Archives and Records Administration to obtain a copy of Grace’s military discharge paperwork, commonly referred to as a DD-214. I'm sure they're tired of my name since I've requested hundreds in the past. This form provides verified information on an individual’s branch of service, discharge date, rank, awards, deployments, and discharge status. While it doesn't list specific medical conditions or disabilities, it can indicate whether a discharge was for medical reasons. That will be crucial information for evaluating the truth behind Grace’s claims.
I intend to submit this report, along with the supporting screenshots, to the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA should be made aware that a veteran is publicly claiming to have contracted smallpox while in service, a disease declared eradicated decades ago and virtually impossible to contract. If Grace is actively pursuing or receiving disability benefits based on this claim, the VA has a responsibility to determine whether that claim is legitimate. And if he isn't receiving benefits, perhaps this attention will help him obtain the support he says he has been denied. Either way, the VA deserves to know the facts, and the truth deserves scrutiny.
November 6, 2020 – "Now Walking" and Still Asking for Donations
Just a few weeks after claiming he wanted to fund author films and give out business loans, Grace was back online asking for donations. In this post, he announces he’s “just now walking” again, 38 days into recovery, but instead of focusing on health or stability, he launches straight into a donation pitch for his promotional services. It’s the same copy-and-paste business pitch we’ve seen before, but this time, he frames it as charity. The cycle is all too familiar: lavish business claims one month, a medical hardship the next, and a plea for financial help right after. If this is a multi-million-dollar media mogul, why is he continually soliciting donations like a street vendor?
November 19, 2020 – From Business Loans to Bedridden Again
Only 13 days after his last donation pitch, Myron Grace returned with another plea. This time far more dramatic. He claimed to be bedridden, virtually crippled, and unable to walk more than 20 feet without a struggle. He wrote as if preparing for death, asking for prayers and offering love “deeply down in [his] soul.” But the emotional language quickly shifted to the familiar ask: money. He claimed he had no income and needed help buying medicine. This was just two months after he posted about giving out loans, and days after offering full-scale media promotions. The contradictions stack up, Grace can’t keep his narrative straight, veering between mogul and martyr, success and desperation, depending on the post and his financial needs at the time.
December 5, 2020 – Back in the Money (Again)
Just over two weeks after claiming he was crippled, bedridden, and begging for help with his medicine, Myron Grace was suddenly flush with cash again, offering to cover 80 percent of the costs to turn authors’ books into movies. Of course, he still wanted payments from the authors, just like every other deal he posts. The inconsistency is overwhelming. One moment he’s near death with no income, and the next he’s financing film productions. If that transformation sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
December 13, 2020 – Movie Money, Again
Just eight days after claiming he would cover 80 percent of film costs, Myron Grace returned, this time promising to pay 90 percent and guarantee a script. The pitch is nearly identical to his earlier posts, only now with more bluster. But what stands out just as much as the contradiction is the phrasing itself. For someone who claims to be a seasoned promoter with decades of experience, the wording reads like a last-minute classified ad: awkward, poorly structured, and lacking any sense of professionalism. Grace wants authors to believe he’s a marketing powerhouse and film producer, yet he can’t string together a coherent sales line. That inconsistency, combined with his recent begging posts, makes this “offer” feel less like an opportunity and more like a desperate push to appear legitimate.
Preaching for Profit – December 20, 2020
Just one week after claiming he would cover 90 percent of the cost to turn books into movies, Grace pivoted again. This time, presenting himself as a preacher. In this post, he quoted scripture from Matthew warning against false prophets, then immediately asked for donations to fund his broadcasting efforts. The irony is hard to miss. Grace warns others about wolves in sheep’s clothing while using religious language to solicit money through the same email and Cash App account used for his other pitches. At this point, the only thing consistent is the request for money. Maybe it’s time Grace picked up that Bible he quoted and gave it a closer read, especially the part about not bearing false witness and not stealing.
Your Opinion Matters (Sort Of) – December 26, 2020
In this post, Myron Grace guarantees an ultra low-budget SAG film for any author who can "invest a small amount of money today" and make payments if needed. He promises to write and cast the script himself, but graciously notes that the author’s opinion will be taken into account. How generous. After all, when someone else is footing the bill, it’s only fair their opinion gets a vote, at least according to Grace. The wording reads like a pat on the head, not a professional partnership. The typo “will.be” only reinforces the shaky grasp on professionalism from someone branding himself as a scriptwriting and production expert.
2020 In Review: Same Script, Different Costume
What makes Myron Grace’s 2020 activity so alarming isn’t just the shifting stories or empty promises. It’s the way each persona, entrepreneur, patient, investor, preacher, is deployed with the same goal: financial gain. He offers to pay 90 percent of your film project one week, then asks for donations to cover his medication the next. His tone may change, but the sales pitch never disappears. And for someone claiming to have attended law school, obtained a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree, produced hit shows, written Broadway plays, and worked alongside civil rights icons, his spelling errors and bargain-bin offers tell a different story. Grace wants to be seen as a visionary and a mogul. But in post after post, he reveals something far less impressive: a man playing every angle, hoping someone, somewhere, still buys in.
Disclaimer: This journal entry isn't intended to disgrace Mr. Grace. It's meant to inform potential future clients: authors, musicians, and other creative professionals about Mr. Grace’s long history of unverifiable credentials, frequent legal threats, unsubstantiated marketing claims, and repeated use of public legal filings that raise serious questions about his business practices. Readers are encouraged to review all publicly available records and make their own informed decisions.
Click the links below for more detailed breakdowns of Myron Grace’s public claims, promotional tactics, and professional history. Each entry covers a specific year or topic and includes documented patterns, contradictions, and red flags.
Why did you create Misleading by Design?
As a writer, I’ve experienced the joy of creating stories but also the frustration of navigating the publishing world. Behind the scenes, the process of marketing a book is filled with scams, schemes, and people looking to take advantage of authors. With over 30 years of experience in intelligence and investigations, I realized I could use those skills along with my writing background to help expose the bad actors in our industry and beyond. Misleading by Design is my way of fighting back.
Your projects seem all over the place. Why not just stick to one subject or theme?
At first glance, my projects might seem scattered. I write about ghost stories, spiritual preservation, investigative reporting, and even political analysis. But they all serve one purpose. Each one invites readers to interpret what they see based on their own beliefs, experiences, and instincts. That's the heart of Branching Plot Books. Whether it's a scroll sealed with a forgotten soul, a book that can be read multiple ways, or a report that exposes something hidden in plain sight, the goal is the same. I want readers to take an active role, to question the surface, and decide what they believe is real. The stories may differ, but the purpose is always connected.
What is Misleading by Design’s Briefing Room?
It’s an investigative blog that exposes political bias, fraud, scams, and manipulation in institutions that claim to educate or protect the public. That includes universities, publishing platforms, corporate programs, and anything else hiding an agenda behind a professional front.
Who runs this blog?
I do. Arthur Mills. I’m a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 and former All-Source Intelligence Technician with 31 years of experience in intelligence and investigations. I’ve tracked extremist threats, exposed political corruption, and led intelligence operations. I’ve seen what real indoctrination looks like, and I’m calling it out when I see it again. This time in classrooms and consumer markets.
Are you affiliated with any political group?
No. I don’t work for any party, PAC, campaign, or media outlet. I’m not here to push an agenda or play politics. I’m here to expose whoever’s lying, misrepresenting, or manipulating others, regardless of which side they’re on.
When I worked in the private sector, I conducted opposition research and tracked domestic extremist groups from across the political spectrum. I’ve investigated threats from both the left and the right. I don’t excuse violence, bias, or propaganda just because it aligns with one side’s agenda. If you're hiding your motives behind credentials, credentials behind ideology, or ideology behind fake neutrality, you're part of the problem. And you’ll show up here.
Why are you investigating food? What does this have to do with Branching Plot Books?
Because it’s the most common scam nobody talks about. Fast food chains show thick burgers and crisp fries in their ads, then hand you a flattened mess in a greasy bag. Grocery stores use packaging that promises quality but delivers bland, shriveled, or half-empty products. It’s manipulation through presentation. They sell the illusion, not the item.
And that’s the same trick used in education, politics, publishing, and everywhere else. If they can sell you a lie in a sandwich, they can sell it anywhere.
Misleading by Design fits the larger mission of Branching Plot Books by turning real-world scams into something the reader has to question, interpret, and investigate. Like my other projects, it doesn’t hand you answers. It gives you evidence, patterns, and contradictions, then dares you to put the pieces together. Whether it’s testimonies from the lost souls, curriculum bias, staged food ads, or publishing cons, the goal is the same: to make you rethink what you’ve been told and see how easily truth gets packaged, sold, and distorted.
What made you investigate American Military University?
Because it claims to train intelligence and homeland security professionals. What it’s actually doing is grooming students to think one way, speak one way, and ignore anything that doesn’t fit the school's left-wing agenda. That isn’t education. That's political indoctrination.
When I was tracking domestic extremist groups, I kept asking the same question. Where does this hate come from? What feeds it? I suspected the root was in their education. What they were taught. What they were not taught. That includes schools and universities.
After retiring from the military, I decided to get the formal education to match my experience. I chose a degree in Counter-Terrorism from American Military University. It promotes itself as a leader in intelligence, counter-terrorism, and homeland defense. It’s one of the largest programs of its kind. On paper, it looked like the right fit.
It wasn’t.
Course after course, it became clear that AMU wasn’t teaching students how to counter terrorism. It was teaching them how to adopt one worldview. How to view one side as the enemy. How to justify violence and extremism from the other. This wasn’t counter-terrorism. It was a curriculum on how to become a left-wing extremist.
I document everything. The entire report is published on The Briefing Room, in serialized form. I sent it to professors and top university officials. They ignored it. They didn’t defend their curriculum. They didn’t ask for clarification. They ignored me. They know I’m on to them.
That's why I’m staying in the program. I’m not there for the degree anymore. I don’t need it. I’m there to finish the investigation. American Military University has built a propaganda machine. And I plan to expose every part of it.
Do you accept tips or leads?
Yes. If you’ve seen something worth investigating, send it through my contact page. I check everything personally.
This includes curriculum bias at any level, from elementary schools to universities. If you’ve seen political agendas being pushed in grade school lesson plans, high school classrooms, college syllabi, or university programs, I want to hear about it. If you’ve dealt with fake credentials, unethical hiring, publishing fraud, corporate indoctrination, or institutional censorship, send it in. I follow evidence, not agendas.
If something feels off and you think no one else will touch it, send it anyway. I’ll look into it.
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