George R.R. Martin is a famously slow writer. For proof, just look at The Winds of Winter, the long-in-coming sixth volume of his Song of Ice and Fire series. He’s been writing this thing for 12 George R.R. Martin has your back. The 71-year-old author, who penned the A Song of Ice and Fire series that Game of Thrones was based on, just issued an exciting update on the progress of The Winds of Winter. Yes, finally. Martin opened up about how Winds of Winter is coming along on his blog, Not a Blog, and revealed that it should hit George R.R. Martin says he is making "steady progress" on the seventh A Song of Ice and Fire installment while his film and TV projects are on hold. Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin recently confirmed that he continues to write The Winds of Winter amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. Martin made it clear that the industrial The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the award-winning epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. It will take place after the concurrent fourth and fifth books in the series, A Feast for Crows (2005) and A Dance with Dragons (2011). The Winds of Winter author George RR Martin has updated his writing schedule and it looks like more distractions and delays to finishing A Song of Ice and Fire are inevitable. By George Simpson Published July 12, 2022 4:37PM (EDT) This story originally appeared on Winter is Coming. "A Song of Ice and Fire" author George R.R. Martin has just given arguably the biggest update on his long Even if Winds of Winter comes out the final book won't. So yeah, I don't honestly care at this point. I'm not super hateful about the tv show ending either though. I think it's pretty clear that Bran the Broken was GRRM's intended ending, even if the details are naturally going to be different. George R.R. Martin has been keeping busy during the Hollywood writers that long-promised tome, Winds Of Winter. The author has claimed, at various times to be largely, even 75% done, with 9V6s.