Doing My Part: The Journeyman Creator

Success for Writers Looks Different Now

Since I got an influx of new subscribers, I thought I’d do something of a reintroduction of myself and what we do here in this little corner of the internet.

If you didn’t bother looking at the byline before clicking SUBSCRIBE, I’m Kristin McTiernan and I’m an author, YouTuber, and publishing services provider who works outside the traditional systems. Stories are how we learn, grow, and build community, so I don’t believe in waiting for a company or an industry to select you before you’re allowed to tell yours.

I started Fictional Influence to write essays about morality, culture, and the stories that shape how we see each other. Men and women. Creators and audiences. Institutions and the individuals they claim to serve. If you're new here, that's what this place is. I have a few set topics: being an independent creator, movies/tv, and gender dynamics, which typically brings in the most views, as you can see by my best-performing articles.

The YouTube channel, Nonsense-Free Kristin, is …