It’s been 14 years since George RR Martin last published a novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series.
The Game of Thrones TV show has been and gone since then, and he still has The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring to go.
The author, who turns 77 this month, has shared in his latest blog post what he’s been doing this August instead of working on the long-overdue novel.
He writes: “August was a busy month for me and mine, with two conventions on the schedule, a road trip in between, and a couple of guests afterward.”
Among the details, Martin mentioned taking part in Worldcon, in Seattle this year, saying: “I did two panels, both of them enjoyable.”
Although Martin fails to mention walking out of one of the panels after an angry fan confronted him about the delay to Winds of Winter. During the Q&A, they asked if Brandon Sanderson (also on the panel) could finish the series since he’s “not going to be around for much longer”, given his age.
Clearly not in a rush to get home to New Mexico and work on the novel, the author continued on his blog: “Drove home after the con, through Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, before returning to the Land of Enchantment just in time for Bubonicon, which was its usual friendly local convention.”
Martin does perhaps hint at working on Winds though with “I’m home now, though, and back at it”. However, it doesn’t seem like it will be for long give nhe’s got New York City Comic Con in a month’s time. Despairing fans wrote on the ASOIAF Reddit: “Another cold day, and the winds just blow by”, “Nothing ASOIAF related sigh” and “So no writing, and also it took him 10 days to write a blog post. Bro we’re so cooked.”