Speaking in a live stream with Random House, Martin spoke about the latest series of House of the Dragon and the long-awaited Winds of Winter.
โItโs a big, big book,โ said Martin. โItโs a challenging book. Itโs probably going to be a larger book than any of the previous volumes in the series.
โThe Dance of Dragons and Storm of Swords were the two largest books in the series. They were both about 1500 manuscript pages. I think this one is gonna be longer than that, by the time Iโve finished it.โ
โI think Iโm about 3 quarters of the way done, maybe. But thatโs not 100% done. So, I have to continue to work on it. โ
โIโve given up on making predictions [of when it will be finished]. Because people press me and press me, โwhenโs it gonna be done?โโ
โIโve never lied about these predictionsโฆ But I guess I overestimate my ability to get stuff done and underestimate the amount of interruptions.โ
โOne day it will be done. And then, it will come out. And then, the next day, someone will tweet me โWhen will we see A Dream of Spring!?โโ