George R.R. Martin Says That Being Asked About THE WINDS OF WINTER All the Time Is "Wearisome"
Fans of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire have been waiting for the author to finish his next book in the series, The Winds of Winter, for years! We all want to see what his vision for the ending of his story will be after being disappointed with HBO’s Game of Thrones ending.
The last book that was released in the series came out back in 2011! He’s been writing The Winds of Winter for eleven years! That’s a long-ass time! Well, you’ll be happy to hear that he’s still working on it, but he’s tired of people asking him about it. He says it’s “wearisome,” and I just can’t help but laugh.
Martin shared in a recent blog post:
"Yes, of course I am still working on THE WINDS OF WINTER. I have stated that a hundred times in a hundred venues, having to restate it endlessly is just wearisome. I made a lot of progress on WINDS in 2020, and less in 2021... but ‘less’ is not ‘none.’"
Lol! We all think it’s wearisome that you haven’t finished the book yet, George! It’s been over a decade, and we are all wondering if you’re ever actually going to finish it! This is like Todd MacFarlane and the Spawn movie that he’s been working on getting made for like 15 years. It’s hard to think that it will ever happen.
He’s also got a bunch of other projects eating up his time. In the same blog post he shared:
"The world of Westeros, the world of A SONG OF ICE & FIRE, is my number one priority, and will remain so until the story is told. But Westeros has become bigger than THE WINDS OF WINTER, or even A SONG OF ICE & FIRE. In addition to WINDS, I also need to deliver the second volume of Archmaester Gyldayn's history, FIRE & BLOOD. (Thinking of calling that one BLOOD & FIRE, rather than just F&B, Vol 2). Got a couple hundred pages of that one written, but there's still a long way to go. I need to write more of the Dunk & Egg novellas, tell the rest of their stories, especially since there's a television series about them in development. There's a lavish coffee table book coming later this year, an illustrated, condensed version of FIRE & BLOOD done with Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson (my partners on THE WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE), and my Fevre River art director, Raya Golden. And another book after that, a Who's Who in Westeros. And that's just the books.
Yeah, I don’t think he’s ever going to finish The Winds of Winter. He’s not getting any younger, he’s got so many other projects on the table, and there’s sure to be more added to that in the coming years. George has just got too much going on to finish his book.