Game of ThronescreatorGeorge R.R. Martindropping the next Word in hisA Song of Ice and Fireseries right about now would certainly be a welcome break from what ’s operate on in the worldly concern for his legion of fans . And while it looks like the spill date forThe Winds of Winteris still jolly much up in the air , the New Jersey native swears that he ’s actively writing while ego - isolating himself .
As CNETreports , the Emmy achiever took tohis blogthis week to update fan on his health amid the coronavirus crisis , assuring everyone that he ’s doing just fine . After explain that his theatre , the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe , New Mexico , and his non-profit-making organization , Stagecoach Foundation , are close down , he then compose :
Martin then revealed he ’s kept busy work on what we can only assume isThe Winds of Winter , adding , " Truth be told , I am expend more metre in Westeros than in the real world , writing every day . thing are pretty disconsolate in the Seven Kingdoms … but perchance not as grim as they may become here . "
The last major update we heard from Martin in regards to the forthcoming sixth book in his fantasy series was back in May 2019 , when hepromisedhe would haveThe farting of Winterfinished by the World Science Fiction Convention , which is set to take place this summer . " I tell you this — if I do n’t haveThe idle words of Winterin hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon , you have here my courtly written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island , overlooking that lake of sulphuric Zen , until I ’m done , " he compose on his blog at the fourth dimension . " Just so long as the acrid smoke do not screw up my erstwhile DOS word processor , I ’ll be ok . "
With nearly everyone draw toself - quarantineduring this pandemic , perchance one good matter will come out of it . Maybe , justmaybe , Martin will keep his word and releaseThe Winds of Winterin the coming calendar month . After all , he really has no excuse now . And history isfull of examplesof other artists who have flourish when forced into isolation , from William Shakespeare to Sir Isaac Newton .
