Contribute to MillBrief
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How it works now
We used to ask contributors to write a finished essay. That was too much to ask of busy people who know the most. So the model has changed: you send us the raw knowledge in whatever form it comes, and our editorial desk does the writing. We shape it into a Field Note or a Shop Report, fact-check every claim, and cross-check the numbers against sources. You review the draft, and nothing goes live until you approve it.
What we publish
Your input becomes one of two formats. Field Notes are practitioner pieces, the judgment the cost tables cannot hold: which processes are worth automating, why a first project went sideways, or the lesson that only surfaced after a cell had run a few thousand hours. You do not have to write the essay; you supply the substance and we build the citation scaffolding around it.
Shop Reports are implementation case studies built on real, itemized numbers. Walk us through a single project (what each line cost, what it actually returned, and where the estimate and the invoice diverged), even as rough figures in a list. This is the writing vendors will not do, because an honest ledger of a first cell rarely flatters a sale, which is exactly why buyers cite it.
Integrity, consent, and credit
The standards are the point of the platform, not fine print. Accuracy of everything we publish is absolute. We never fabricate a persona, a quote, or a statistic; every number is verified and sourced before it runs. We publish only with your consent: you see the draft first, and nothing goes live without your sign-off. You are credited under your real name: a byline and a permanent profile page, or a source credit if you supply the equipment, parts, or production services the piece covers. Practitioners can instead stay anonymous; consultants, integrators, and others who sell services in the field are always named with their role and firm. If you have a commercial interest in what you are writing about, tell us; we will work out the right framing with you.
Send us what you know
Use the form below. Only the message is required; the rest just helps us follow up and credit you. Prefer email? Write to inquiry@millbrief.com instead.
What we store: exactly what you submit here (plus standard server logs), so we can review, verify, and follow up. Never sold, never shared. Readers are never tracked: no cookies, no analytics on you. The only thing stored is what you choose to send.
Frequently asked questions
What do I actually have to send?
Whatever you know, in whatever shape it comes: a paragraph, a few bullet points, a rough set of numbers, a short story about a project. You do not have to write a finished article. Our editors take your raw input and do the writing, fact-checking, and cross-checking; you review the result before anything is published.
What does MillBrief publish from contributors?
Two formats. Field Notes are practitioner pieces that carry the judgment behind the numbers: which processes are worth automating, why first projects fail, what only shows up after a cell has run. Shop Reports are implementation case studies built on real, itemized numbers: what a project cost line by line and what it actually returned. You supply the knowledge; we write, edit, and source both to our citation format.
How do credit, consent, and identity work?
Nothing is published without your consent. You review the draft before it goes live and are credited under your real name: practitioners and consultants get a byline and a profile page; if you supply the equipment, parts, or production services the piece covers, MillBrief Editorial writes it and credits you as a source ("technical input from" your company). Practitioners may instead stay anonymous; consultants, integrators, and anyone else who sells services in the field are always named with their role and firm. Accuracy is absolute and we never fabricate a persona, a quote, or a statistic. We publish only what you have approved, attributed the way you approved it.
Do contributors get paid?
We do not currently pay cash for contributions. What you get is a named byline or source credit (or, for practitioners, anonymity), professional editing, and an audience of automation buyers. If you have a commercial interest in the subject, just tell us up front; it does not rule anything out, and it helps us work out the right framing together.
Why send it to MillBrief instead of posting it myself?
Because we engineer every page to be cited by AI search engines, and we do the hard part for you. You send the raw knowledge; we turn it into structured, answer-first, sourced copy with per-page schema. A one-off LinkedIn post disappears down the feed; a MillBrief piece is built to keep being retrieved and attributed, under your name, or anonymously if you are a practitioner who prefers that.