Happy Anniversary! And Thank You!

Celebrating one year of Creative Reverberations.

Photo by Kelly Common on Unsplash

I cannot believe it’s been a year since I launched this little engine that could. To say that I was nervous about putting my own publication into the world is a massive understatement. I spent weeks agonizing over every aspect of it—the title, the content, the layout. My “about” page gave me anxiety. I couldn’t figure out how to describe what it was I wanted to do. Would people think I was stupid for assuming I could offer anything of value? Would anyone agree to an interview? Would anyone other than my husband and my mom subscribe?

(No offense to my husband or my mom. I love you guys.)

Although I’d been working as an entertainment journalist for a few years and had a bunch of great bylines on my resume, I still felt the crushing weight of imposter syndrome. The moment I hit send on emails to potential interview subjects, I wanted to crawl under my desk and hide. It was like being back in junior high and handing a note to a crush. (Content: “Would you ag…