George R.R. Martin, 77, Offers No Winds of Winter Update After 14 Years
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Updated · Forbes · Aug 5
George R.R. Martin, 77, Offers No Winds of Winter Update After 14 Years
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Aug 5
Summary
Martin’s first blog post in six months gave no progress report on The Winds of Winter, instead describing a stressful year marked by lost friends, sadness, depression and the strains of aging at 77.
The silence matters because Martin has been working on the novel since 2012, a year after A Dance with Dragons, and has already missed repeated deadlines over 14 years.
That has fueled renewed doubts that he will complete not only Winds of Winter but also the planned seventh book, A Dream of Spring.
Martin has also said he does not want another writer to finish A Song of Ice and Fire if he dies, leaving open the possibility that the series remains unfinished.