Gather round , Game of Thrones fans : it ’s time to brace yourselves for yet another update — or lack thence — on George R.R. Martin ’s progress with his long - delay book , The Winds of Winter .
In a recent interview withTime , Martin was , once again , pressed on the status of his “ new ” Good Book , The Winds of Winter . New is the operative word because the long - awaitedGame of Thronesbook has been in a incessant limbo land for a decade and some modification .
Not missing a rhythm , Time editor Jeffrey Kluger segue into his motion about the status ofWinds of Winterby reading aloud a Emily Price Post from “ some card ” online , who pointed out “ We gotreal dreaded wolves beforeWinds of Winter . ” While we ’re way past the power point of exhaustion harbor updates on the book ’s status , Martin did share some brainwave into his current efforts while empathise with readers ’ thwarting over their endless wait .
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“ That ’s the curse of my lifetime here . There ’s no doubtWinds of Winteris 13 years late . I ’m still working on it , ” Martin said . “ I have menses where I make advancement and then other thing divert my attention . ”
Ashe note in hislast update onThe Winds of Winter , one affair diverting his attention fromthe book is deadline with “ one of the HBO shows . ” Martin also got onwards of other online fan critiques of his alter side quests , like opening up a bookshop and a theatre of operations , as grounds for his patent shillyshally . In short , Martin say fans overvalue how much time he ’s putting into things , saying he ’s not behind the register ringing mass up at his bookstore or melt down the projector at his theater .
On a related to Federal Reserve note , Martin mentioned that his late photo op with skill ’s latest affront to Darwinism , which resulted in an endearing snapshot of him holding aquasi - dire wolf , did n’t take up too much of his time from writingThe air current of Winter , either .
“ You ’ve heard incisively what office I played in the fearsome wolf thing . I ’m sitting at home . I might ’ve been working onWinds of Winteror a screenplay , and suddenly , Peter Jackson is on the air . I heard about this , and I traveled out to see it . The tripper was probably like four day . I flew down to Dallas , we took the tour of duty , and then we use up some barbecue , ” Martin said . “ It did not seriously impinge on the writing ofWinds of Winter . But people make it seem — my more fanatic fans — as if it ’s one or the other , and it ’s not . ”
ForGame of Thronesnews with firm timeline , House of the Dragonseason threeis bear to release sometime next year . Before that , theDunk and EggseriesA Knight of the Seven Kingdomsis coming this summer . With any luck , Martin will have had a more substantial update onThe Winds of Winterby the prison term these upcoming series have complete their running game .
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