My first name is Erika. Not Erica. Not Ericka. My last name is Hammerschmidt, which has thirteen letters, including five consonants in a row. People still find it easier to spell than my first name.
Sarah Beth Durst is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens, and kids, including cozy fantasy The Spellshop. She's been awarded an American Library Associatio…
Sarah Kurchak is a writer and retired pillow fighter living in Toronto, Ontario. Her work as an autistic self advocate and essayist has appeared in Hazlitt, Catapult, and the Guardian, on CBC radio, a…