Tag: artist beware

Vol. 5- newsletter : May 31st, 2025.

Lesson Learned vet Promoters and have them make reels & post ebooks before I send any physical items.

🚨 Small Business Warning🚨

Let me be clear: do not reach out to Daisy Marie Moncrief.

This post isn’t about harassment or revenge. Karma is my homie, and my craft speaks louder than any confrontation ever could. I have 5 litter boxes and I know it’s fitting

I’m sharing this so other artists and makers don’t end up in the same situation.

Daisy was the only promoter who ever asked to join my team she reached out to me after I made a post. The others who followed through were all ones I pitched too. She told me she loved my handmade creations and wanted to post them. I agreed and mailed her $81 worth of custom product, free of charge. She confirmed delivery and said she was excited to share.

But then she went silent.

After some time, she explained she had just moved and needed space to settle in. I completely understood . O hate moving too. I gave her months, I waited silently. I didn’t pressure her. I didn’t nag. I trusted she was just not ready.

After waiting patiently, I sent two polite nudges on TikTok. She ignored them both. Until

she finally responded, she told me she had “a new boyfriend and didn’t have time for this (you know her end of the bargain) .” She also claimed she doesn’t post at all anymore. I looked she had posted five times just the day before. I followed up kindly and created an invoice, giving her another full month to pay or see me in small claims court.

That’s when she said she lives in a tent, has no job, and can’t pay me back. She then said my work was shit. Even though she had praised it before I had put boundaries in place.

I want to be clear:

🟣 I never asked for money in the beginning.

🟣 I didn’t want anything but a few honest, creative posts.

🟣 I don’t want the items back. She got sent. Spray she claimed was empty and I know it was not.

🟣 I definitely don’t want promotion from someone who talks down on my work because she was asked to hold up her end. And then offers to make one measly post. I said no it’s within my legal rights.

I just wanted mutual respect and a fair collaboration Instead, I got ghosted, disrespected, and dismissed. And a total lack of accountability.

I’m not here to ruin anyone’s life. I’m not profiting off her. I’m not even mad anymore, I am just wiser. I do not need her to pay money she doesn’t have or make a video I’m no longer willing to use. I want not one tie to someone who is clearly looking to scam. I will not be scammed or disrespected in silence.

If you’re a creator, especially a marginalized one:

Please protect your energy. Vet your collaborations. Don’t give away your labor and craft without care. It needs to be fair. So you are aware fair isn’t free shit and no follow through.

Moving forward, I will still offer free items (with free shipping) for collabs. The promoter should have a min 1 k followers. They will receive 1 digital copy of one of my books for free. When they make their posts and reels for the first e-book, we can discuss sending the next, until all digital material is promoted. We will move onto physical items and reading and I will send one at a time until a relationship is established.

I’ll be busy tonight with the craft. Trust, I’m alright. Karma never misses. 🌙

– Axton N. O. Mitchell

@poeaxtry_