Hi, I’m Ricknotfredrick

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My name is Rick. At least that’s how friends and family and coworkers know me, and it’s on the cover of my novel (did I mention I have a new novel out?) But the name on my birth certificate is Fredrick. I was named after my dad, who went by “Fred,” so my family called me Rick. I barely dodged being “Fred Jr.”

Nobody who knows me personally calls me Fredrick, but since it is my legal name, I must use it in many…