anyhow, anyway by Summer England
Seven First Drafts & ADHD & Failing
Aug 4, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
**BOOKS** IMPOSSIBLE GARDEN (US Link)…
anyhow, anyway by Summer England
Aug 4, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
**BOOKS** IMPOSSIBLE GARDEN (US Link)…
Summer EnglandHost
And based on the language of that two-book deal and kind of the initial conversations of asking, "Is there a sequel?" what have you, I assumed that that second book had to be a sequel to The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne.
So when I began drafting that second book, I just assumed it was gonna have to be a sequel, even though I kind of didn't want to write a sequel to The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne, so it ended up working out.
Mostly because I really do like standalone fantasy novels or fantasy novels where we follow different couples or different people in the universe.
But I wasn't really thinking that The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne was going to be sort of like Tomes & Tea by Rebecca Thorne, where we follow Kianth and Reina as a established couple through four books.
However, at the time, in 2024, I was under the impression that I needed to write a sequel for this book, and so that's what I did.
And also, I had an idea about these two Shakespeare professors vying for the same tenure track position, and I wanted to start writing a rom-com, and I wanted to specifically write a rom-com where our main character was autistic because I wanted more autistic representation in, in a, a modern rom-com that-- and the autism wasn't the obstacle to the love story.
It's not super-- the, the biggest issue in her life, and I think as an autistic person, sometimes, a lot of times actually, when I have read autistic representation where it is stated to us this person is autistic, not lightly neurospicy.
I think there are plenty of books, I'm thinking of a lot of Ali Hazelwood books, for example, wherein it is obvious that the main character is neurospicy.
I am talking about when the characters are autistic, where they say, "I'm autistic." Do you know what I mean? Like, we, we know that.
And I have just read a few of those where that is explicit, and it's also the main obstacle to the love.
I think that there's totally a, a p- place for that and absolutely understandable because I, as a obviously autistic, ADHD person, have definitely had issues with my relationships that stem from my disability and my mental illness.
I just wanted to explore a story where that wasn't the f- you know, the main thing, where it wa- that, like, obviously, yeah, sure she is, but that's not gonna be the reason- Of the issues between these two people or the tension of the plot.
And based on the language of that two-book deal and kind of the initial conversations of asking, "Is there a sequel?" what have you, I assumed that that second book had to be a sequel to The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne.
So when I began drafting that second book, I just assumed it was gonna have to be a sequel, even though I kind of didn't want to write a sequel to The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne, so it ended up working out.
Mostly because I really do like standalone fantasy novels or fantasy novels where we follow different couples or different people in the universe.
But I wasn't really thinking that The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne was going to be sort of like Tomes & Tea by Rebecca Thorne, where we follow Kianth and Reina as a established couple through four books.
However, at the time, in 2024, I was under the impression that I needed to write a sequel for this book, and so that's what I did.
And also, I had an idea about these two Shakespeare professors vying for the same tenure track position, and I wanted to start writing a rom-com, and I wanted to specifically write a rom-com where our main character was autistic because I wanted more autistic representation in, in a, a modern rom-com that-- and the autism wasn't the obstacle to the love story.
It's not super-- the, the biggest issue in her life, and I think as an autistic person, sometimes, a lot of times actually, when I have read autistic representation where it is stated to us this person is autistic, not lightly neurospicy.
I think there are plenty of books, I'm thinking of a lot of Ali Hazelwood books, for example, wherein it is obvious that the main character is neurospicy.
I am talking about when the characters are autistic, where they say, "I'm autistic." Do you know what I mean? Like, we, we know that.
And I have just read a few of those where that is explicit, and it's also the main obstacle to the love.
I think that there's totally a, a p- place for that and absolutely understandable because I, as a obviously autistic, ADHD person, have definitely had issues with my relationships that stem from my disability and my mental illness.
I just wanted to explore a story where that wasn't the f- you know, the main thing, where it wa- that, like, obviously, yeah, sure she is, but that's not gonna be the reason- Of the issues between these two people or the tension of the plot.
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