GRRM Gives Update On WoW (Pg 3)

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Though fans of George R.R. Martin’s novel cycle A Song of Ice and Fire are understandably mad about the long wait for the sixth installment, The Winds of Winter, Martin isn’t too happy about it either.



In an interview with EW, after bing asked a question about Fire and Blood (a side book about the history of House Targaryen), he went into fans being upset that it’s been over seven years since the last novel in the cycle, A Dance With Dragons.

"I know there are a lot of people out there who are very angry with me that Winds of Winter isn’t finished. And I’m mad about that myself,” said Martin. "I wished I finished it four years ago. I wished it was finished now. But it’s not. And I’ve had dark nights of the soul where I’ve pounded my head against the keyboard and said, 'God, will I ever finish this? The show is going further and further forward and I’m falling further and further behind. What the hell is happening here? I’ve got to do this.’"



"I just got the [Fire and Blood] copy and... It’s been a long while since I had a new Westeros book and nobody knows that as well as I do. I know that just as much as the angriest of my hardcore fans. And I have continued to publish other things. It’s not like I’ve been on a seven-year vacation. I have Wild Cards books coming out every six months. But not like this, one that’s entirely my writing. So to finish a book that I’m proud of and excited by was emotionally a big lift for me."

www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/20/george-rr-martin-is-mad-he-hasnt-finished-winds-of-winter-too

[chrom]

Well quit making excuse and finish it then

['Foretold' Joker]

Am I only one who thought this was about George R.R Martin giving up on World of Warcraft?

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Dude you used that time to write a GOT book prequel. Get the f*** outta here.

[Perd]

I just don’t think he knows how to finish the story. He knows the ending. But doesn’t know how to get their in the fashion he wants. And he doesn’t want to take shortcuts like Benoit and Weiss arguably did. Still, I can’t imagine that he’s happy that someone is going to, by and large, finish his story before he does.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Nov 20, 2018 17:20:07 GMT -5 Perd said:

I just don’t think he knows how to finish the story. He knows the ending. But doesn’t know how to get their in the fashion he wants. And he doesn’t want to take shortcuts like Benoit and Weiss arguably did. Still, I can’t imagine that he’s happy that someone is going to, by and large, finish his story before he does.

Martin did everything in his power to not finish the story, he wrote everything regarding book companions for A song of Ice and Fire except the main series. It’s his fault that the tv series had to finish the story.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Nov 20, 2018 17:20:07 GMT -5 Perd said:

I just don’t think he knows how to finish the story. He knows the ending. But doesn’t know how to get their in the fashion he wants. And he doesn’t want to take shortcuts like Benoit and Weiss arguably did. Still, I can’t imagine that he’s happy that someone is going to, by and large, finish his story before he does.

Well he had no choice. They had him give up the ending just in case something happened to him

So the fear is now the tv ending is as close to the ending we will get

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

f*** you, George. Either finish the book or tell us it's never coming, but until then, I'm done.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Allegedly he still uses an ancient computer to write his stuff, I bet that the piece of shit died and it had all of his work there so now he has to start from the beginning.

[Perd]

Nov 20, 2018 17:28:46 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Nov 20, 2018 17:20:07 GMT -5 Perd said:

I just don’t think he knows how to finish the story. He knows the ending. But doesn’t know how to get their in the fashion he wants. And he doesn’t want to take shortcuts like Benoit and Weiss arguably did. Still, I can’t imagine that he’s happy that someone is going to, by and large, finish his story before he does.

Martin did everything in his power to not finish the story, he wrote everything regarding book companions for A song of Ice and Fire except the main series. It’s his fault that the tv series had to finish the story.

I don’t disagree. But procrastination only explains so much. My theory is actually much scarier for fans. He doesn’t know how to finish his story. Look at the “dark night of the soul” part of that quote. That tells me that he sits at his typewriter and doesn’t have any idea what to write. And after seven years, maybe he never will.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Nov 20, 2018 17:42:08 GMT -5 Perd said:

Nov 20, 2018 17:28:46 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Martin did everything in his power to not finish the story, he wrote everything regarding book companions for A song of Ice and Fire except the main series. It’s his fault that the tv series had to finish the story.

I don’t disagree. But procrastination only explains so much. My theory is actually much scarier for fans. He doesn’t know how to finish his story. Look at the “dark night of the soul” part of that quote. That tells me that he sits at his typewriter and doesn’t have any idea what to write. And after seven years, maybe he never will.

Well, then he needs to hand it off to a ghostwriter who can get the job done, then. Sitting on your ass and pissing fans off, then acting like you're just as poorly off when you've written everything BUT the one things the fans want for the best part of a decade is bull. If he can't finish it, pay someone else to, he's got HBO money, he can afford it.

[Perd]

Nov 20, 2018 17:46:19 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Nov 20, 2018 17:42:08 GMT -5 Perd said:

I don’t disagree. But procrastination only explains so much. My theory is actually much scarier for fans. He doesn’t know how to finish his story. Look at the “dark night of the soul” part of that quote. That tells me that he sits at his typewriter and doesn’t have any idea what to write. And after seven years, maybe he never will.

Well, then he needs to hand it off to a ghostwriter who can get the job done, then. Sitting on your ass and pissing fans off, then acting like you're just as poorly off when you've written everything BUT the one things the fans want for the best part of a decade is bull. If he can't finish it, pay someone else to, he's got HBO money, he can afford it.

Hey, you’re preaching to the choir. I’m frustrated just like every other fan. I’d be down for whatever get these books in my hands as quickly as possible. I’m just giving my thoughts as to why this is taking so goddamn long.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Nov 20, 2018 17:42:08 GMT -5 Perd said:

Nov 20, 2018 17:28:46 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Martin did everything in his power to not finish the story, he wrote everything regarding book companions for A song of Ice and Fire except the main series. It’s his fault that the tv series had to finish the story.

I don’t disagree. But procrastination only explains so much. My theory is actually much scarier for fans. He doesn’t know how to finish his story. Look at the “dark night of the soul” part of that quote. That tells me that he sits at his typewriter and doesn’t have any idea what to write. And after seven years, maybe he never will.

It’s beyond procastrination. He did everything else except finish the series, he bought a bowling alley and a movie theater. He edited other books, he developed other movie projects. He never wanted to finish it.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Nov 20, 2018 17:40:01 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Allegedly he still uses an ancient computer to write his stuff, I bet that the piece of shit died and it had all of his work there so now he has to start from the beginning.

From his own words

“I still do all my writing on an old DOS machine running WordStar 4.0, the Duesenberg of word processing software (very old, but unsurpassed)."


He does at least have a new monitor though! (and probably a modern computer set up to run DOS, rather than an actual old DOS era machine)





I have to imagine he's got backups. I can't imagine his publishers not insisting on it.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Nov 20, 2018 17:56:47 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Nov 20, 2018 17:40:01 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Allegedly he still uses an ancient computer to write his stuff, I bet that the piece of shit died and it had all of his work there so now he has to start from the beginning.

From his own words

“I still do all my writing on an old DOS machine running WordStar 4.0, the Duesenberg of word processing software (very old, but unsurpassed)."


He does at least have a new monitor though!





I have to imagine he's got backups.

Look at that f***ing keyboard. The man doesn’t have any backups. He needs help to find solitaire.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

GRR Martin is the type of guy who still uses a beeper.

[Perd]

Nov 20, 2018 17:56:35 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Nov 20, 2018 17:42:08 GMT -5 Perd said:

I don’t disagree. But procrastination only explains so much. My theory is actually much scarier for fans. He doesn’t know how to finish his story. Look at the “dark night of the soul” part of that quote. That tells me that he sits at his typewriter and doesn’t have any idea what to write. And after seven years, maybe he never will.

It’s beyond procastrination. He did everything else except finish the series, he bought a bowling alley and a movie theater. He edited other books, he developed other movie projects. He never wanted to finish it.

Could be. It all adds up to the same thing. And that’s him not finishing the books

[wildojinx]

At this point, I expect either a Dallas "it was all a dream" ending. Or worse, a Newhart ending.

[nickcave]

I'd rather him take his time to write a well written story than rush it and have it be convoluted like the last two Dark Tower books.

[Welfare Willis]

Nov 20, 2018 16:19:12 GMT -5 'Foretold' Joker said:

Am I only one who thought this was about George R.R Martin giving up on World of Warcraft?

Hey George, we get it. That's why legacy servers are a thing.