George R.R. Martin says he is making "steady progress" on the seventh A Song of Ice and Fire installment while his film and TV projects are on hold. Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin recently confirmed that he continues to write The Winds of Winter amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. Martin made it clear that the industrial
George R.R. Martin acknowledges the 12-year gap between books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series and asks readers not to pester him about the release of The Winds of Winter. Martin confirms that The Winds of Winter is 75% complete, but his writing pace indicates it may still take another three or four years before it gets released.
We all wanted book six of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE to come out before season six of the HBO show aired. Assuming the show would return in early April, that meant THE WINDS OF WINTER had to be published before the end of March, at the latest. For that to happen, my publishers told me, they would need the completed manuscript before the end of October.
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