Comments on: Winds of Winter not Coming in 2015 Confirmed by George R.R. Martin’s Publisher! https://masterherald.com/winds-of-winter-not-coming-in-2015-confirmed-by-george-r-r-martins-publisher/7279/ Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:24:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Biff https://masterherald.com/winds-of-winter-not-coming-in-2015-confirmed-by-george-r-r-martins-publisher/7279/#comment-18945 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:24:08 +0000 http://masterherald.com/?p=7279#comment-18945 Noj, I agree. Of course he’s under no actual obligation to finish the series but he certainly has an implied moral obligation to do so, given how popular the series has become and how anxious the fans are. What’s frustrating is the amount of distractions he’s allowing in his life, as you correctly point out. He’s on record as saying that he can only write at home, with no distractions. He can’t write in hotels, or on the move, or away from his house. Yet he still accepts invitations to travel the world and do interviews and all sorts of rubbish rather than write. I know free travel and hospitality is a perk of being famous but WRITE THE BOOKS FIRST! and then enjoy your well-earned freebies. Stop editing other works and just concentrate on finishing this series.

His editors also need to take some of the blame. There’s no doubt the books have started to become bloated and have lost focus and that’s where his editors need to chivvy him along and keep the story humming. I’m a big fan of the Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson (a fellow New Mexico resident with GRRM) and the last 4 books of the Final Chronicles came out like clockwork – 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013. That’s how you finish a series, George!!!

He’s a big fan of the NFL so now that the season is almost over let’s hope he can drag himself off the lounge and over the road to his writing shack and desk. Get on with it!!!!

]]> By: Noj https://masterherald.com/winds-of-winter-not-coming-in-2015-confirmed-by-george-r-r-martins-publisher/7279/#comment-18789 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 05:43:07 +0000 http://masterherald.com/?p=7279#comment-18789 I’ll say this much…and my tone comes ENTIRELY in response to Martin’s bitching that his fans’ are pressuring him and he doesn’t like it: Fuck you. The only reason his fat ass gets to sleep in and eat homemade donuts on a Wednesday morning, the ONLY reason he’s able to facepalm technology and refuse to write on the road, in a hotel, or on any other platform than DOS is because his horrible, bothersome, annoyingly anxious FANS have aggressively purchased his ICE and FIRE books. That, of course, led HBO to show interest in the series and so on and so on. The man is now a multi-millionaire that keeps crying about how everyone is pressuring him to write the next book while he writes unrelated stuff that few wat to read, edits MULTIPLE anthologies of other peoples’ short stories, goes on extensive speaking obligations and making various appearances at every place in the world that will smile and tell him he’s awesome.

Enough. Go home and write to book already. We don’t care about pictures, artwork, or pretty color inserts. We just want the next installation of your GOOD series and we are tired of hearing about what you’re going to do in the future. You won’t live long enough to WRITE the “NEXT” book and while I know there are people out there that CARE about that, I’m not one. I want the next book…..if you won’t write it, allow ***ME*** to write it. I just want to move the story along. I’d love to be able to threaten a “NO BUY” strike if you don’t sit down (like sitting isn’t on the list of your top 3 favorite things) and finish Winds of Winter already. It’s OBVIOUS you not only take us for granted but, in some cases, hold us in disdain. STOP with your myriad attention grabs. MANY more people will like you if you’d just stop fucking around and write the book.

And before you tell me I can’t rush the creative process I’d like to ask you how long it actually TAKES to CONTINUE a story. You don’t need to START one. MOST of your research is already done. So listen: finish the book. NOW. Yes… I just ordered you to do something.. If you can’t get Winds out in 2015 I won’t buy it… Not only will I NOT buy it but I’ll encourage everyone else to do the same. I’ll also start harping on the multitude of mistakes in the HBO series and everything else. Weak, huh? You’re right. It is. But it’s all I’ve got….and you know it…..and you love it. And speaking of love, I ***DO*** love this story but I do NOT love you. I feel you are disdainful and unbelievably, somehow resentful of the fans that gave you the wonderful life you have. Stop being the high school loser that suddenly gets famous. Be the talented author that knows how to continue his story without letting 4 or more YEARS get in between. And buy a fucking word processor that wasn’t built in the 80s. Stop crying about your “way” and practice your craft. Using DOS isn’t cute and doesn’t make you mysterious. It reinforces the growing opinion that you’re a lucky asshole too stupid to get with the times. I’ll sign this,

A former admirer that wondering if he should still believe in you.

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