'Game of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin hasn't made much progress with 'The Winds of Winter' despite saying he was writing it 'almost every day'
- "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin has given another update on "The Winds of Winter."
- He told the "Bangcast" podcast that he has written 1,100 pages.
It looks like "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin is still struggling to write the next novel in the series, "The Winds of Winter."
In an interview on the podcast "Bangcast" earlier this month, Martin gave a fresh update on the sixth novel in his "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.
"I'm 12 years late on this damn novel, and I'm struggling with it," he said. "I have like 1,100 pages written but I still have hundreds more pages to go. It's a big mother of a book for whatever reason. Maybe I should've started writing smaller books when I began this, but it's tough."
The famous author added: " That's the main thing that dominates most of my working life."
It appears Martin hasn't made much progress on the book since last year, despite assuring fans in July that was writing "almost every day."
In an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in December 2022, the author said he had written "1,100, 1,200" pages of "Winds of Winter," but needed to write another 400 or 500 pages.
And in July, Martin wrote on his blog that he was writing the novel "almost every day. Writing, rewriting, editing, writing some more."
"Not as fast as I would like... certainly not as fast as YOU would like… but progress nonetheless," he added.
Martin also told Stephen Colbert in October 2022 that "The Winds of Winter" was "three-quarters of the way done."
Martin gave his first update on "The Winds of Winter" back in 2010, which means the book has been in development for more than 13 years.
Of course, Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels serve as the inspiration for HBO's "Game of Thrones" series, and its hit spinoff, "House of the Dragon."