GRRM confirms his appearance at winter TCA panel

Probably more like an early 2nd season announcement or something. Which is more likely than a Dance of Dragons announcement. :)

Congrats, Winter! Well earned, i’d say.

That’s well deserved Winter! Has anyone else done half as much to promote the show?

I’m pretty sure that George hopes that ADWD is ready to announce at that time. The other? I’m hoping for some Dunk & Egg adaptation, but Fevre Dream would be nice as well.

If he announces that A Dance with Dragons is done there, wouldn’t he technically be breaking his promise that he would post that he was done, the moment he was done, on his Not A Blog website?

Not that I would mind, if the book is done, I’ll be happy… but still, if it “is” done, he should just announce it now and let us rejoice

Come on people, there’s a greater chance he’ll anounce a third season there than adwd. The second it’s done he puts it on his blog, or probably main website like he did last time.

Nigel Bradley,

if it’s done, he can announce it wherever the the hell he wants. I think it would raise excitement of the show from 110% to 200%

He says that there “might have an exciting announcement…Maybe two”

I’m guessing, as other people have stated, that its probably just a Season 02 announcement. Maybe the “maybe two” means that he finished aDwD. He brings in the “maybe” because he’ll probably finish it just before leaving for the plane, and wouldn’t have time to update the Not A Blog… hey a man can dream right?

Well deserved reward for all your hard work, Winter!! Remember EVERY DETAIL ;-)

So, Winter Is Coming.. to Los Angeles! Hurrah, and much deserved.

George could announce that ADWD is done on his website an hour before he makes such an announcement in public and keep that promise. If he turns the manuscript into the publishers in January the book could be out by April. But yes, the adaptation of some other work is a more likely announcement.

Awesome. Congratulations Winter it’s very well deserved! cannot wait to hear all about it!

Realistic Announcements:
#1 Official Premiere date for Season 1
#2 A realistic timeframe for completion and submission of aDwD manuscipt

What I WANT the announcements to be:
#1 Confirmation of Season 2 Greenlight
#2 aDwD is completed and submitted to be released alongside GoT S1

dizzy_34,

He’s gonna announce that he got the NFL Sunday ticket on DirecTV.

Grats Winter! It’s great to see all your time and work paying off.

As to “the announcement”:
George has to know that the first thing we all are going to think about is aDwD being done, so why would he announce he has an announcement unless he is truly almost done.

Or he thinks we all haven’t endured enough pain and heart break already.

Congrats!

The second it’s done he puts it on his blog, or probably main website like he did last time.

Except that last time, he announced AFFC was completed at a convention appearance. He timed it so his website was updated with the news roughly around the same time.

I think GRRM is certainly hoping that he might be able to announce ADWD is done. He can announce it more than once, after all. As long as he does it first on the website as promised, he should avoid rancour.

Certainly I wouldn’t advise going back on that prior promise (which has been made multiple times) to announce it on his blog and website before anyone else.

Brian Baldinger: dizzy_34, He’s gonna announce that he got the NFL Sunday ticket on DirecTV.  Quote  Reply

There’s going to be TWO announcements, Brian Baldinger. He’s also going to announce that finally, after a long wait, Wildcards maquette figurines are now available at his online store

AryaFan69:
There’s going to be TWO announcements, Brian Baldinger.He’s also going to announce that finally, after a long wait, Wildcards maquette figurines are now available at his online store    

Pls stop doing that.For some of us is not funny but painfull….

tokelazor: I’m guessing, as other people have stated, that its probably just a Season 02 announcement.

“Just” a season 2 announcement? Wow, it didn’t take long for us to become jaded. :)

A season 2 announcement three months before the premiere would be fanTAStic, and pretty much unprecedented! If they announce that AND aDwD being done, I just might geeksplode.

I might as well go overboard and hope the announcement is that The Winds of Winter is finished…

Thinking on it, I got a little bit more negative…

I bet the “one” announcement is not the greenlight of the second season, as there does not seem to be any point in making that decision right now. Probably something to do with one of his other projects.

The “maybe two” sounds like ADWD IF it’s finished by then.

WIC – Congratulations! I’ve been something of a latecomer to this blog but just want to say how much I’ve enjoyed it. Keep up the great work!

Oh, and BIG congrats to Winter. Very excited to see what you find out!

Also, I think if one of two WASN’T that ADwD is finished, then he would have said so, since he wouldn’t want to have to deal with the disappointed fanrage when the announcements are made. I’m with Paul though– the second is most likely to do with ADwD, and so it will be announced IF it’s finished.
Even if he doesn’t finish it for the panel though, the fact that he’s even contemplating an announcement by that date seems to suggest that it’s very very nearly almost complete, which is still pretty damned exciting. XD

Steve Hugh Westenra,

HBO seems to be entertaining the idea of moving to a non-subscriber model, but I’m not sure if it will be fast enough for Game of Thrones:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hbo_big_drama_ydYr3QmMaHOtLLxv9bUrMP

This is the depressing part of the above article:

“Before any radical change is offered to viewers, Bewkes will first see how a new product, HBO Go, fares in tandem with pay-TV partners.”

In case you’ve forgotten what HBO Go is, that’s the online service that you need to be an HBO *cable* subscriber to access:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/hbo-go-the-best-online-video-service-i-cannot-use/

I’ll keep harping on this until the show premiers. HBO has fans from all over the world following the progression of this show on Winter is Coming. Then, all of a sudden, folks are going to be shut out because their countries don’t have HBO cable subscriptions. There will be no legal way for them to continue this experience.

In this age of technology, that’s just a sad state of affairs.

congrats, WiC!! Will you please promise to groan aloud when these “announcements” turn out to really suck?

just kidding! :D

I suspect the announcements will be as follows:
1. start date for GoT
2. that he’s finished ADwD (of course, that still gives him room to revise endlessly)

Congrats …. and no pressure, but I’m looking toward a lengthy report!!!!

It makes perfect sense for him to announce ADWD in January, so its release date will be in the vicinity of the show’s premiere. I don’t remember where I read it (probably one of GRRM’s interviews), but the amount of time between the completion of the book and the actual release is ~3 months.

Congrats, Winter. You’re the man. Well deserved indeed.

Kinda funny to think something like that happening here in Spain. Instead of being invited to the TCA, most likely you’d be sued for “making profit (?) using copyrighted material and not paying the right fees for it”.

Trying to guess the announcement, I find it really difficult to think on anything but ADwD… I have to belive GRRM’s not so cruel as to be talking about something else as a “big announcement”…

I have to turn towards the opinoin that the annoucements or at least one of them is about DWD. GRRM surely knows by now that if he says something like that, raging nerdcommunity will surely immediately think that the book is finished. So lately when he has said that something surprising is coming, he has added that it’s not about DWD, and alas, now he hasn’t said anything. So I have to believe that something about DWD is coming. Though it could be anything, so I wait eagerly but don’t expect too much.

Also WiC, I’m turning yellow from jealousy. But congratz, you have deserved it. Got good camera? Or any idea if you even have permission to take photos?

Congrats WiC.

Since it’s a HBO panel I’m thinking any announcements GRRM makes would have to be something to do with his relationship with HBO.

So if for example it was that “Fevre Dream” was getting a TV adaptation then it would have to be HBO that was doing it as they would hardly let him announce it on their panel if it was going to be on STARZ.

However I doubt GRRM would be the one announcing anything directly to do with the series. Start Date, green light for Season 2, big casting announcement would all be done by D+D I think.

ADWD being finished is of course different as I’m sure HBO would be very happy for GRRM to announce that.

Edit
Just looked at GRRMs actual post and the way it’s written his announcements could be at the book signing or the BWB meeting rather then the Panel so could still be non GoT/HBO related.

Congrats WiC for the well deserved invite, all your effort and time has been acknowledged and hopefully you will receive many like rewards over time for all the hard work and TLC you have put into this blog.

Good look at Barristan at the end there.

Conans stunt rider looked rather small in the Mountains armour.

Congrats Winter. It is nice to see hard work and passion rewarded, you have earned it!

Who knows, this may be one step closer to one of your Christmas wishes coming true. An invitation to the premier may be next!

For your sake I hope so.

Genius friends… anyone able to youtube this? Thank you!

DUDE!

2:02 in the Artisian’s video

TYWIN’S ARMOR!!

In the back behind the King’s guard armor is a Lannister piece with a helmet with red brush hairs like a Lion’s mane …

great work …

Mormegil,

LOL …

I actually should have thought about making that step out here.

I’m with you I hope that it’s a captain of Cersei’s guard or a Lannister men at arms Sergeant …

Still I like the mane design on it.

Er, perhaps I should read the original post more carefully before commenting. I forgot that it’s not just TV critics – WIC is going to be at the panel too – so who knows.

Congrats! Well deserved.

Congrats Winter!

This is the first site I visited after getting into the books last year, and it’s still my favorite. You do a great job at providing up to the minute info, and the community here is much more friendly to newbie fans than some of the other sites. You’re going to be bombarded come Spring!

**And I’m crossing my fingers that GRRM’s announcement will be that ADwD is finished, but I have a feeling it will be about Wild cards, or figurines, or roleplaying dice, or something else I don’t care a bit about.**

Congratulations WIC…well deserved…

As much as I would love for the mystery announcement to be about ADWD being finished, I just don’t think that’s going to be it. Honestly, I’m not too sure GRRM will ever finish that book. xP

Coals to newcastle by now..but congratulations WiC .

Hope you’re a copious note taker. ;)

Brian Baldinger,

oy, typos: “Apologies, but these comments are over on GRRM’s blog right now and it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever read:”

When I first saw the “exciting announcement or two” I immediately thought — DWD!! However, I think it is much more likely that they will announce that HBO has ordered a Season 2 of GOT. GRRM has been keeping us pretty up-to-date on his Not a Blog as to chapters completed and those he has left to go. There is a post from Dec 16th, stating that the work is slow but ongoing on DWD.

HOWEVER, I do, very strongly, believe that the HBO series will be a contributing factor to when ADWD gets done. It is in the best interest of HBO and the series, if GRRM publishes ADWD in 2011, alongside the release of the first season. Whether or not he finishes the books will have a big impact on the series long term and short term. HBO has to have had a conversation with Martin about all this before they decided to green light GOT. There has to be an understanding there that these books need to get finished and releasing DWD in 2011 would dramatically increase sales on all fronts. MONEY MATTERS, in this case, I’m OK with that :-)

Got a little teary-eyed last night, reading everyone’s hopeful posts that DWD will be published soon. Seems unreal, but I think we are close!

“He also teases an exciting announcement or two.”

UGH, fuck him. Honestly, I hate him. I was fine with the guy up until six months ago, but his blatant assholism to his fans has put me over the edge.

He KNOWS that people are chomping at the bit for ADwD, he KNOWS that’s why people visit his blog, he KNOWS that people are going to think that the announcement is ADwd, and worst of all, he KNOWS that the announcement is NOT ADwD (since he already promised to make the announcement on his blog).

I hate him. I HATE him. He knows how he’s making his fans feel and he’s doing it regardless of their feelings.

Dude. Wow.

Ash: UGH, fuck him. Honestly, I hate him. I was fine with the guy up until six months ago, but his blatant assholism to his fans has put me over the edge.
He KNOWS that people are chomping at the bit for ADwD, he KNOWS that’s why people visit his blog, he KNOWS that people are going to think that the announcement is ADwd, and worst of all, he KNOWS that the announcement is NOT ADwD (since he already promised to make the announcement on his blog).
    

Claiming that you know that GRRM’s possible announcement isn’t about completing ADwD is odd, since it very well might be that. We’ve already heard from his publisher that they hope for him to finish by around the end of the year, and George could’ve explicitly stated that the announcement wasn’t ADwD related, and he also hasn’t added in the comments anything about it not being ADwD (something he’s been quick to do at times in the past), even though people have commented about their hope he is referring to ADwD. Also, it’s “champing” at the bit, not chomping.

I too believe it is not ADWD related (I hope it will be), but my feeling is his announcement concerns the HBO series and perhaps he would announce that “Fevre Dream” is coming to a screen near you or family room. I could see this happening with the TB, Twilight and Diaries craze and all the hoopla over Games, someone turning his Vampire novel into a movie or TV mini-series.

Ash: JackSparrow,
Considering that he’s said numerous times over the past several years that the announcement would be on his blog first and foremost, either he’s a liar, or the Jan. 9th announcements can’t be ADwD    

You can actually announce something more than once; not everybody reads his blog. My guess is the same as Adam Whitehead’s, that the second item GRRM teased at possibly announcing is ADwD, if he finishes it in time. I think George would’ve stated, in either his post or in the comments, that his announcements weren’t ADwD-related if that was the case. I think it might’ve been better for him to just steer clear of any hints of any type of announcements up until ADwD is completed; the naysayers will claim he’s a liar either way if he doesn’t announce ADwD is finished by Jan 9th, whether that’s what his hint was about or not.

Ash,

I don’t know why you’re telling me your rights, but yeah, I’m sure you can dislike anybody you care to. I’m always a little puzzled at the people who think George is a jerk, since he seems like a pretty nice guy. Certainly I understand that not everybody treats celebrities or authors the same way, or expects the same things from them. I wouldn’t say I love the guy, but I do like him, but I generally do not want or expect anything from celebrities, and do not love or hate them. I am not surprised that you used to love him and now hate him, since I see that a lot from fans of various people. But it’s certainly GRRM’s choice to interact with fans, and being hated by some of them is an unavoidable byproduct of that.

As much as I would love for the mystery announcement to be about ADWD being finished, I just don’t think that’s going to be it. Honestly, I’m not too sure GRRM will ever finish that book. xP