He asked me if I had purchased anything for the sole purpose of writing better. I thought, yes: there were those too-high-for-me-heels I bought from Aldo because I am never wearing heels, but my new character is always wearing heels. There was that time I drank German beer while trying to write about people drinking in Germany. When I bought a shitload of fennel because one of my characters ate it a lot. But none of this sounded very professional; I couldn’t bring myself to say, “Yes, Stanley, a shitload of fennel.
Alison Espach, The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Things I Wanted To Write Off As A Business Expense But Didn’t - The Rumpus.net
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