Subjects of Interest
- Myron Grace
- Screenworks Entertainment
“If 2020 laid the groundwork for Myron Grace’s aggressive sales pitches, 2021 was the year he hit the gas. Almost every post, he pitched new investment opportunities, script contests, and vague partnerships with “major studios.” One day it was a $35 essay contest, the next it was a $1,200 investment for a 3 percent share in a phantom project. He promised billion-dollar backing, multi-million-dollar earnings, and lifelong retirement income for authors willing to pay upfront. Each post dangled dreams of Hollywood deals or massive book sales, but none offered verifiable results, credible timelines, or evidence of success.
Myron Grace didn’t just recycle empty claims. He refined them. He tailored them. He shifted his pitch based on audience, trending topics, and who he was targeting that day. From casting calls to investor pleas, 2021 was the year he stopped pretending to work behind the scenes, and stepped fully into the role of front-facing pitchman.
Myron Grace: The $100 Billion Submission
In 2021, Myron Grace returned to familiar territory, name-dropping, inflated numbers, and mysterious submission processes that never seemed to produce results.
On January 4, he claimed that bestselling author Terry McMillan is worth $40 million and that he’s submitting books to “the same company” she works with. According to Grace, this unnamed company is worth “over $100 Billion.” Not million—billion. And in future posts, Grace claims to have worked with Terry McMillan and lists her as a client.
The post, riddled with vague references and oddly capitalized words, goes on to instruct authors to contact him at a Yahoo email address and a phone number formatted with an extra digit ("T440444-4413") if they “want to do it.” The reader is told they must “follow their rules of submission,” though what those rules are, or what the company is, remains a mystery.
The implication is clear: Myron Grace is the middleman to a $100 billion powerhouse, a gatekeeper with inside access. But the actual image tells a different story. The use of a Yahoo email address, the unprofessional formatting, and the reliance on name recognition without details suggest smoke and mirrors, more of the same marketing-by-mystique he leaned on throughout 2019 and 2020.
And once again, there’s no evidence that any of the books Grace claimed to submit in 2021 ever reached a publisher, much less one in the hundred-billion-dollar range.
January 4, 2021 – From Billion-Dollar Submissions to $280 by Midnight
Just hours after boasting about submitting books to a $100 billion company, Myron Grace returned to Facebook with a much humbler request: $280 in donations to keep his “ministry” going. The ask is framed as a late-night fundraising plea, complete with a promise that “Good will Bless You!” and a link to his Kingdom Television Network site.
But there’s no sermon, no mission statement, and no update about how the money will be used, just a donation link and a deadline.
This post continues a familiar Myron Grace pattern: one moment he claims to be rubbing shoulders with literary giants and billion-dollar companies, the next he’s short on cash and turning to Facebook for help. If this is the same man who promised six-figure royalties and million-dollar investment schemes, why is $280 now the urgent priority?
More importantly, the line between ministry and monetization keeps blurring. Grace calls it a spiritual effort, but once again, the central message is the same: send money—fast. “Good will Bless You!” A real man of God would know how to spell "God."
January 16, 2021 – Grace Goes Global for $199
In this post, Myron Grace attempts to take his sales pitch international, announcing that a “Major European & Worldwide Publisher” is looking for new Black authors. According to him, the prize includes $17,700, a two-book deal, and worldwide distribution. The catch? You have to pay $199 up front and give him 15% of any future deal.
Myron Grace claims this is all secret, not public knowledge, and that he has access to submit entries. That alone should raise eyebrows. Real publishing contests don’t hide their existence or require intermediaries charging fees with no official credentials. Yet Grace uses phrases like “My Company Expenses” and “Representation” to legitimize the charge, while conveniently offering no contract, documentation, or even the name of the mysterious publisher.
This follows his standard formula: dangle a massive reward, ask for a modest upfront payment, and obscure everything else in a haze of vague language and unverifiable claims. International reach sounds impressive, until you realize it’s just another recycled pitch from the same email, the same phone number, and the same man who was asking for sanitizer weeks earlier.
January 26, 2021 – Casting Call or Cash Grab?
In this post, Myron Grace announces a casting call for multiple “Hollywood movies,” with both virtual and in-person auditions supposedly scheduled in Cleveland, Ohio. Participants are asked to pay a $25 registration fee, which allegedly includes script access and a yearlong “website profile.” But as with so many of Grace’s pitches, the red flags are hard to miss.
There’re no listed production companies. No studio names. No casting directors. No union affiliations. Just a vague YouTube link, a now-defunct website, and the same contact info Grace uses for every one of his promotions, from book deals to ministry donations.
The promo image pushes “The Grace Family TV Show,” which is pitched as a legitimate project, but there's no sign of it on IMDb, no professional cast or crew listings, and no evidence it has ever aired or been picked up. Grace claims to be seeking writers, producers, and actors for “Hollywood movies,” but offers no details about scripts, funding, or actual production timelines.
It’s the same strategy he’s used countless times before: create the illusion of major opportunity, collect a small fee, and then vanish behind a wall of vague promises and unverifiable claims.
January 31, 2021 – Script Lottery: Just $35 and an Essay
In this post, Myron Grace announces a so-called opportunity for authors: send him $35 and a 500-word essay on why your book should be turned into a TV series. He promises to choose two winners, write scripts based on their books, and “shop it to Hollywood.” But there’s no detail on what that actually means, no timeline, no proof of contacts, no production plans.
He frames it like an essay contest, but with no stated judging criteria, submission deadline, or transparency, it reads more like a low-stakes lottery. The required $35 “entry” makes the entire pitch feel less like a competition and more like a money grab disguised as a creative opportunity. And unsurprisingly, no follow-up post ever appeared naming the winners, sharing their essays, or providing any update about the supposed scripts. It’s another version of the same game: appeal to hope, collect payment, promise the moon, deliver nothing.
March 3, 2021 – “Almost Dying” and Other Investment Strategies
In this post, Myron Grace takes his near-death experience and turns it into a sales pitch. According to him, almost dying gave him clarity, so much clarity, in fact, that he’s now offering investment opportunities starting at just $300 to help him make “as many movies as [he] can while [he’s] here.”
He mentions “talent and connections” but names none, and the call to action boils down to: give him money while he’s still alive. The emotional manipulation is blatant, linking mortality to investment urgency, and once again, there’s no detail on what you’re actually buying into. A script? A share of profits? A GoFundMe in disguise? Nobody knows.
If you're wondering how many films resulted from this epiphany, you're not alone. Spoiler: there's no record of any. But for $300, you too can invest in Grace’s bucket list.
March 4, 2021 – $1,200 for a 3% Share in… Something?
In this post, Myron Grace ditches subtlety altogether and charges straight into investor-mode. The pitch? Send him $1,200 (or more) to become a “FILMSCRIPT PARTNER” and allegedly earn 3% of all company projects, plus 25% of any project you create. He throws out a lofty valuation (“worth $1,500,000 or more over the next 20 years”) with no financials, no product, and no proof. Just raw enthusiasm and a claim that he’s worked with “about 3800 Writers,” five of whom supposedly “made it.” No names. No titles. No success stories.
The structure is familiar: emotional push ("Stop writing for free!"), a grand promise ("Let’s make $50,000,000 together!"), and a payment request. The capital letters do the heavy lifting, and the math never adds up. In 20 years, Grace claims to have worked with 3,800 writers but can only account for five modest success stories? That’s a success rate of 0.13%, roughly the odds of being struck by lightning and winning the lottery on the same day.
There’s no explanation of what “FILMSCRIPT Company” actually is, no legal documentation, and no breakdown of how returns would work. But hey, if you’ve got $1,200 lying around, you too can invest in an empire built on hope, hyperbole, and a Yahoo email address.
March 8, 2021 – A $275 Tribute to Women, Courtesy of Myron Grace
In a post dated March 8, 2021, conveniently falling during Women’s History Month, Myron Grace shifts his strategy once again, this time targeting female authors and aspiring investors. He announces a new film company supposedly focused on “Releasing Women Related Books & Stories,” under the banner of “Women’s Independent Films.” The price of entry? $275 and up. He claims the company will be developing TV and movie scripts to shop to major networks, but provides no production slate, no team, and no evidence of any successful past projects.
The timing is perfect. Women’s History Month is nationally recognized each March, and Grace uses that cultural backdrop to pitch his next demographic target. It’s another emotionally charged bait wrapped in social relevance, just as he’s done with Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, and other timely causes. The goal isn’t equity. It’s engagement to make money.
The post reads like empowerment marketing at first glance, but it follows the same tired playbook: buzzwords, vague promises, and an upfront payment request. As with earlier pitches, there’s no follow-up post announcing investors, projects, or results. Grace simply pivots his language to match the moment, because his audience may change, but his endgame doesn’t.
March 11, 2021 – Grace Claims Billion-Dollar Studios Need Him to Find Authors
On this day, Myron Grace made one of his boldest claims yet: that five major film companies, with a combined $1 billion to invest, were depending on him to find books and scripts. He didn’t name a single company. He offered no context for how these supposed billion-dollar studios were working through a man using a Yahoo email address and Facebook account to scout talent. And yet, his post boldly declares that his “fees to write a script & submit are very reasonable.”
In Myron Grace’s world, billion-dollar entities need grassroots social media shoutouts to source material. Once again, it’s a familiar formula: huge numbers, vague promises, no proof, and a fee to get involved. The only verifiable thing is the same recurring contact information and the recurring theme, money first, results optional.
Like so many of his previous pitches, this one weaponizes big names and massive figures to establish credibility, while offering no way to confirm whether anything he claims is real. If these companies truly existed, they wouldn’t be relying on a Facebook post to fill their slates. They’d be fielding submissions through industry-standard channels, not through a man whose most consistent credential is his sales pitch.
March 18, 2021 – A Million Dollars for Just Three Hours a Week? Sign Me Up!
In this post, Myron Grace claims that writers can make $1,000,000 by investing just $375 and committing “one hour three days a week.” That’s the pitch, no explanation of the business model, no outline of the opportunity, no mention of risk. Just the classic formula: a big payout, a small investment, and zero details.
It reads like a late-night infomercial script written in all caps. The promise is grand, the math is magical, and the delivery is familiar: a vague appeal to writers, an investment fee upfront, and an invitation to contact him directly via a Yahoo email and a non-working website.
By now, Myron Grace’s claims have followed a predictable pattern. He dangles life-changing income, gives no verifiable mechanism, and charges for access. The only thing he’s proven to produce reliably is a steady stream of impossible promises, each with a price tag.
May 1, 2021 – Retirement Income and $25 Million Movies, Just $100 a Month
In this post, Myron Grace shifts his pitch toward older authors and retirees, promising a “retirement income” by turning 50 books into 50 movies, each allegedly earning $25 million or more. The catch? Authors need to invest at least $100 a month, possibly indefinitely, with no timeline, budget, or concrete production details in sight.
Authors may be “asked to contribute thoughts writing Scripts,” but that’s about as specific as it gets. No contracts and no transparency. The appeal isn’t to logic or results, but to hope: that by paying in now, authors will share in massive profits later.
It’s a familiar tactic: dangle big numbers, reference Hollywood, lower the buy-in, and target a vulnerable demographic, this time those dreaming of a financial cushion in retirement.
May 4, 2021 – Pay $460, Get 40%—If the Mystery Film Company Bites
In this post, Myron Grace offers to write a TV script for authors and submit it to a supposed film company. The cost? Just $460 upfront. If accepted, the unnamed company will “fund, film, and distribute” the work, but the revenue split is 60% to him and 40% to the author.
The math is questionable, but the language is even stranger. Phrases like “I share 60% to me” don’t reflect the writing style of a award-winning journalist or media producer. If Grace were truly experienced in entertainment contracts, he’d at least know how to phrase one.
Beyond the grammar, the bigger issue is the lack of clarity: no company is named, no submission criteria are outlined, and no real deliverables are guaranteed. It reads like yet another cash-upfront deal dressed up as a golden opportunity.
Grace Claims 3 Million Book Sales in May, 6.4 Million by June. I Checked
On May 10, 2021, Myron Grace claimed he had helped authors sell more than 3.3 million books. Then, just 55 days later, that number jumped to 6.4 million. That’s over 3 million books sold in under two months, an almost impossible figure even for top-tier publishers. But there’s no press, no buzz, and no measurable online footprint to support it. Not even a brag post with screenshots. Just Grace saying it.
And so, I checked.
The few books he did promote on Facebook were posted with vague summaries and links to Amazon. I followed those links. Most had only a few sales and few reviews. The sales ranks were in the millions – meaning low sales, since a better rank is a lower number.
These aren’t the marks of million-copy bestsellers. This isn’t a record-breaking achievement. It's smoke and mirrors, numbers pulled from nowhere to create an illusion of credibility.
Between May 10 and June 30, Myron Grace made several posts where he claimed to add hundreds of thousands of books sold in a single day. I’m not including each of those posts here. Instead, I have shown the first and last numbers he publicly posted. The growth is staggering on paper but hollow when examined.
What’s stranger is that Myron Grace made this inflated claim on June 30, 2021. As of July 9, 2025, the date this research was completed, that number hasn’t changed. More than four years later, Grace still claims to have helped authors sell exactly 6.4 million books. No growth. No updated success. Nothing.
If the claim were true, more authors would have taken notice. More would have invested. Results would have grown. But instead, it stopped cold.
That isn’t how momentum works. That isn’t how sales success works. But it’s exactly how made-up numbers work when the person behind them loses track of the lie. In fact, there were a few times when the numbers dropped, likely because Grace forgot what numbers he posted the last time.
For a more in-depth study of Myron Grace's 6.4 million books sold claim, please click here.
2021: Myron Grace and the Year of Smoke and Mirrors
By the end of 2021, Myron Grace had posted dozens of offers and made claims suggesting he helped authors sell millions of books. Yet there were no confirmed winners of his contest, no films in development, and no public celebrations of major publishing deals or royalties. Just more Facebook posts, more likely inflated numbers, and more calls for payment.
Even his most extreme claims, like helping sell 6.4 million books by the end of the year, were offered without evidence. Between May and June 2021 alone, he appeared to increase his reported sales by over 3 million units in just 55 days. There were no articles, industry announcements, or public success stories to support those numbers. The figures seem to exist only in his posts, repeated without supporting data.
By 2021, the pattern had solidified: Myron Grace wasn’t presenting a consistent business operation. He was projecting an image. One built on big claims, vague promises, and frequent requests for money. Despite the credentials, titles, and promotional language, there’s still no clear record of delivery, only an inbox, a price, and a story that never quite materializes.
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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