George R.R. Martin working on The Winds of Winter “almost every day”

The other day, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin wrote about his support for the striking actors in Hollywood, who have joined striking writers on picket lines. Generally speaking, the actors and writers are asking the studios for better pay, more job security, and regulations on the use of A.I. Martin, who has been member of the Writers Guild of America for decades, is firmly with them.

Up until the writers strike, Martin was working with HBO on shows like House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, another Game of Thrones spinoff in early development. His deal has now been suspended, but unlike a lot of other writers, he has other projects to work on in the meantime. “These strikes are not really about name writers or producers or showrunners, most of whom are fine,” Martin wrote. “[W]e’re striking for the entry level writers, the story editors, the students hoping to break in, the actor who has four lines, the guy working his first staff job who dreams of creating his own show one day, as I did back in the 80s.”

And of course, one of those other projects is The Winds of Winter, the long-in-coming sixth book in Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

George R.R. Martin is making “steady progress” with The Winds of Winter

A Dance With Dragons, the fifth book in Martin’s series, came out in 2011, which means fans have been waiting a dozen years now for a follow-up. Last we left Westeros, Jon Snow had been stabbed by the Night’s Watchmen. Game of Thrones showed us what happened next, but we want to see Martin’s version. How different will it be?

All Martin can tell us is that he’s working on it. “And, yes, yes, of course, I’ve been working on WINDS OF WINTER,” he wrote. “Almost every day. Writing, rewriting, editing, writing some more.   Making steady progress. Not as fast as I would like…certainly not as fast as YOU  would like… but progress nonetheless.”

“It keeps me out of trouble,” he finished. Glad to hear it.

When we have a release date for The Winds of Winter, so will you. Even after all this time, I do believe we’ll get it sooner or later. Martin’s willingness to talk about it is encouraging. As for A Dream of Spring, the seventh and purportedly final novel in the series…well, let’s climb one mountain at a time.

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