The new covers
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/07/09/on-the-road-again-5/
Blog about TWOW where he assures the book reveal will be a huge event.
Let me say a few words about that, though. Last year, when I mentioned seeing my Voyager editor in London, the internet went nuts, throwing up all sorts of theories about how this meant that WINDS OF WINTER was done and a huge announcement was at hand. Uhhhh… sorry guys, but no. That's not how it works. Making contacts… which often turn into friendships… is a huge part of publishing. Most of my communication with my editors and publishers is conducted via emails, phone calls, zooms, and texts (in the old days, we had letters written on paper too)
So calm down, please. When WINDS OF WINTER is done, the word will not trickle out, there WILL be a big announcement… where and when I cannot say.
https://old.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/1dzk4gq/spoilers_main_grrm_when_winds_of_winter_is_done/
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for the 100th time
!bookworms !kino do you like the new covers?
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Lmao... he'll never write that book and he doesn't need to, he's rich as frick now and more than busy enough converting his existing work into TV and films, licensing the rights to make everything from action figures to lunch boxes, acting as a consulting producer on a shit load of projects......
As far as maximizing dollars per hour, he'd be missing out on millions if he was just to sit down and waste his time writing pages.
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Does he have a wife and kids? Because all the money in the world doesn't matter if you're diealonemaxxing
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A wife yes, but no children
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According to Wikipedia he's married but has no kids. I watched an interview with Regis Philbin and he made a point about what it's like to "hit it big" later in life, which I think applies to Martin. Marin wrote a ton of shit in the 70s and 80s that went nowhere - he's written a total of 67 books starting back in the early 70s and the majority of them are just pulp and forgotten.
I know in the 80s and early 90s he did some writing for film and TV, pitched a bunch of shows and films that went nowhere.
Then GOT comes and even still he and D&D had to fight to get it made, they were turned down by AMC and Showtime and a bunch of others until they got a break from HBO and then - SHIT BLOWS UP. The dude at this point in time is old as frick but suddenly million dollar cheques are coming in, a whole life time of digging finally struck oil.
So anyway, back to Regis, he said that when you get old it's impossible to stop working when you get successful despite being old as frick - it's like you're making up for the past, earning money retroactively that you wanted to be earning when you were beating your butt on the streets way back when nobody cared about you.... if you know every day you can wake up and work and make 100K that day how do you not do it?
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Sorry ma'am, looks like his delusions have gotten worse. We'll have to admit him.
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