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Celeb News: GoT's "The Winds of Winter" addressed by G R.R Martin.
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GoT's "The Winds of Winter" addressed by G R.R Martin.
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Game of Thrones fans, you have your answer.
"You wanted an update. Here's the update. You won't like it," Martin penned on his blog, "Not a Blog," Saturday. "The Winds of Winter is not finished. Believe me, it gave me no pleasure to type those words. You're disappointed, and you're not alone. My editors and publishers are disappointed, HBO is disappointed, my agents and foreign publishers and translators are disappointed... but no one could possibly be more disappointed than me."
The author said that while hundreds of pages are written, it is not likely to be finished in the immediate future. He explained: "There's also a lot still left to write. I am months away still... and that's if the writing goes well. (Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn't.) Chapters still to write, of course... but also rewriting. I always do a lot of rewriting, sometimes just polishing, sometimes pretty major restructures."
Martin gave fans an explanation for why the book is not done, penning that while it at first seemed "do-able" to have a completed manuscript in October, time got the best of him. "Unfortunately, the writing did not go as fast or as well as I would have liked. You can blame my travels or my blog posts or the distractions of other projects and the Cocteau and whatever, but maybe all that had an impact... you can blame my age, and maybe that had an impact too...but if truth be told, sometimes the writing goes well and sometimes it doesn't, and that was true for me even when I was in my 20s," he wrote. "And as spring turned to summer, I was having more bad days than good ones. Around about August, I had to face facts: I was not going to be done by Halloween. I cannot tell you how deeply that realization depressed me."
He admitted that he has "always had problems with deadlines. For whatever reason, I don't respond well to them," but is not making excuses. "There are no excuses. No one else is to blame. Not my editors and publishers, not HBO, not David & Dan. It's on me. I tried, and I am still trying. I worked on the book a couple of days ago, revising a Theon chapter and adding some new material, and I will writing on it again tomorrow. But no, I can't tell you when it will be done, or when it will be published. Best guess, based on our previous conversations, is that Bantam (and presumably my British publisher as well) can have the hardcover out within three months of delivery, if their schedules permit. But when delivery will be, I can't say. I am not going to set another deadline for myself to trip over. The deadlines just stress me out."
For questioning fans wondering if the show will spoil the books, Martin wrote: "Maybe. Yes and no. Look, I never thought the series could possibly catch up with the books, but it has. The show moved faster than I anticipated and I moved more slowly. There were other factors too, but that was the main one. Given where we are, inevitably, there will be certain plot twists and reveals in season six of Game of Thrones that have not yet happened in the books. For years my readers have been ahead of the viewers. This year, for some things, the reverse will be true. How you want to handle that... hey, that's up to you."
His promise to fans: "I am going back to my stance from last March, before all this. It will be done when it's done. And it will be as good as I can possibly make it."
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/boo...w-novel-851711
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I wouldn't be surprised by a 2017 release at this point.
And then there's still one more book 
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This doesn't actually bother me and tbh I feel bad for him.
It's his series, and they're crazily in depth and complicated books, I can't even imagine the writing processes he has to go through to complete each book. Would fans rather he put out a bad book full of flaws than a perfect one that is polished and only put out when he is 100% confident it's as good as it can possibly be?
I get that it's disappointing but I wouldn't want him to rush it.
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I just hope he doesn't die before he finishes the whole thing!
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How ANTI of him. 
I guess he didn't find the worst way to kill a Stark yet.
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I feel bad for him more than anything
Writing with such pressure must be kinda hell
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Originally posted by Vespertine
I wouldn't be surprised by a 2017 release at this point.
And then there's still one more book
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Oh yeah tbh I definitely think a 2017 release is more likely than a 2016 one at this point. AT the very least I don't think we'll see the book before the second half of 2016.
And yeah I can't even imagine when the last book will be out, like has he even started any work on it? I do worry he won't live to finish the last book, but then apparently he's put things in place should that situation happen. I heard he's shared the ending and possible storylines etc with people so that they can finish the book if he passes away or something before it's published/written fully.
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Originally posted by Koons
This doesn't actually bother me and tbh I feel bad for him.
It's his series, and they're crazily in depth and complicated books, I can't even imagine the writing processes he has to go through to complete each book. Would fans rather he put out a bad book full of flaws than a perfect one that is polished and only put out when he is 100% confident it's as good as it can possibly be?
I get that it's disappointing but I wouldn't want him to rush it.
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I agree, as annoying as it is to have to wait, I'd rather something of quality.
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People really need to back off and give the guy a break. It's just a book and he has a life to live away from it. I'm glad he's not rushing it.
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I mean he's always taken his time between books. You can't rush perfection! I say the same thing to my English teachers.
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Would fans rather he put out a bad book full of flaws?
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Well, that seems to be what he did with Books 4 and 5, so why would they be upset by more of the same?
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This is old news. 👀
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Not that old. It's from yesterday but yeah already discussed in the GOT thread.
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good we'll finally have a season of got where the book readers will sit down and shut up
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Originally posted by Koons
This doesn't actually bother me and tbh I feel bad for him.
It's his series, and they're crazily in depth and complicated books, I can't even imagine the writing processes he has to go through to complete each book. Would fans rather he put out a bad book full of flaws than a perfect one that is polished and only put out when he is 100% confident it's as good as it can possibly be?
I get that it's disappointing but I wouldn't want him to rush it.
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good we'll finally have a season of got where the book readers will sit down and shut up
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Yes, finally
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Well, that seems to be what he did with Books 4 and 5, so why would they be upset by more of the same?
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Very disappointed. The series already went massive downhill last season. Without the book to support it, I fear it will even be worse this season.
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