I Am MOVING

Fictional Influence has a new home

The great thing about Substack’s mission of letting you “own your audience” is that writers can decide what platform works best for them. And for me, it’s no longer Substack.

The quick and dirty of it is Fictional Influence is moving to kristinmctiernan.com.

For most of you, absolutely nothing changes. If you read via email, you’ll keep reading via email, just like you always have.

If you’re one of the readers who uses the Substack app instead of email, I’ll still be posting links on Substack Notes, so your feed won’t go quiet. The links will just point somewhere new. You can also bookmark kristinmctiernan.com or save it as an app on your phone¹

I started thinking about this a while ago, when Substack started making moves to be more of a social media platform than one for essays and articles. We won’t even discuss how hard it is for fiction.

Before anyone asks: no, this has nothing to do with the Substack culture wars. You won’t catch me crying about people I don’t like getting to say what they want. I like Substack and I like Notes, which is why I’ll still be here in a social capacity.

The podcast will continue to live on Substack and be distributed to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Music. No change there, so if you enjoy listening to those, you’ll still get them.

The reason for my move is boring and practical. I want Fictional Influence on a site I fully own and control, where the reading experience looks the way I designed it (especially on mobile, where the Substack app buries everything I built). And I want my work to be discoverable by people who have never heard of me and aren’t on any particular platform. An independent site does both of those things. Substack does neither.

And also, you should be able to come to my site without being asked for your email first. I REALLY hate the un-turn-offable Substack landing page.

Paid subscribers, you don’t need to do anything. Your subscription moves with you automatically. When your renewal comes up, whether at the end of the month or next year, you’ll be prompted through the new site. Same price, same deal.

If anything looks off during the transition, reply here and I’ll fix it.

And since you’re here: I’m launching a new series on the new site called Project 2004. The year the internet was useful and your phone was still just a phone. I want to know what happens to your creativity, your peace of mind, and your actual character when you rebuild your daily life around how things worked twenty years ago. First up is my self-paced MFA journey. After that, we’re going deeper.

It’s gonna be fun :)

Kristin

Come and see the new site!

1. How to Save This Site to Your Home Screen

Want quick access without opening a browser every time? You can save this site to your phone’s home screen, where it’ll look and act like an app.

iPhone / iPad (Safari)

1. Open https://kristinmctiernan.com in Safari.

2. Tap the Share button (the square with the arrow pointing up).

3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.

4. Name it whatever you want, then tap Add.

Android (Chrome)

1. Open https://kristinmctiernan.com in Chrome.

2. Tap the three-dot menu in the top right corner.

3. Tap Add to Home Screen (or Install App if that option appears).

4. Tap Add to confirm.

Once it’s saved, you’ll see an icon on your home screen just like any other app. Tap it and the site opens full-screen — no browser clutter, faster loading, and a cleaner reading experience.