Subjects of Interest:
Myron Grace
Sceenworks Entertainment
Between May 2 and June 30, 2021, Myron Grace claimed to have helped authors sell 3.4 million books. Rising from 3.0 million to 6.4 million in just under two months. Based on Grace’s claims, he would have had to help authors sell an average of approximately 57,627 books per day between May 2 and June 30, 2021. But there were two times when book sales suddenly dropped. May 6 and again on June 27, which interrupts his otherwise “unstoppable” growth streak? Maybe tens of thousands of readers returned their books all at once. Or maybe, and this seems far more likely, Myron Grace simply forgot what number he claimed last time. When you’re inflating your stats on the fly, it’s hard to keep your lies straight.
The chart below illustrates these day-by-day increases, including three separate sales jumps on a single day, June 6. According to his own Facebook posts, Myron Grace’s claimed sales rise almost daily, showing what should be one of the most explosive streaks in modern publishing history.
But where’s the evidence?
Myron Grace never provided screenshots of backend dashboards, royalty reports, or statements from clients confirming these sales. No book titles are listed. No case studies are presented. Just vague, recycled Facebook ads, each one riddled with spelling mistakes and random capitalization. And for the few authors he did tag in that time frame, their Amazon pages show no sign of bestselling momentum. No verified spikes. No reviews. No rankings suggesting hundreds of thousands, let alone millions, of sales.
So, how do we explain it?
Simple. Inflated statistics likely created to give the illusion of momentum. If you say you’re winning often enough and loudly enough, some people will start to believe it, maybe even yourself. For Myron Grace, the goal appears to be psychological: convince potential clients they’re late to the party. It’s a classic marketing con, build artificial hype to manufacture credibility. And the faster the number grows, the more urgent the decision to “buy in” feels.
In short, Myron Grace’s sales claims don’t match reality. They don’t match his clients’ book pages. They don’t match Amazon rankings. And they don’t match his financial behavior. What they do match is a pattern: exaggerate results to build hype, then convert that hype into cash from unsuspecting indie authors.
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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