In an interview with Entertainment Weekly published in July, Martin says that he’d get back to writing The Winds of Winter at the start of 2012 once the publicity cycle for A Dance With Dragons 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-awaited book " The Winds of Winter Game of Thrones fans longing for Winds of Winter despair at George RR Martin’s latest post. James Bond: Ian Fleming's unprecedented 007 rights deal before death 'He sold himself' See Also - George RR Martin on Writing Complex Characters: George R.R. Martin is “always juggling like eight different projects”. Another reason Martin is taking so long to write The Winds of Winter is that he has other projects going, including Winds of Winter: George R.R. Martin discusses novel in 2018. The latest book in the Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance with Dragons, was released in 2011. Since then, George RR Martin was seen this weekend at the presentation of ‘Sword Catcher’, Cassandra Clare’s (‘The Shadowhunter Chronicles’) I’m 12 years late with ‘Winds of Winter, Poor George R.R. Martin has been wrestling with his fantasy series’ sixth and penultimate installment, The Winds of Winter, for over a decade now. Naturally, this has led to some moments of fan George R.R. Martin has suggested that The Winds of Winter could be the longest A Song of Ice and Fire book yet, and that not only makes sense but may well be inevitable for the Game of Thrones -inspiring novel series. To say it’s been a lengthy wait for Martin’s sixth and (as it stands) penultimate entry in A Song of Ice and Fire would be According to George R.R. Martin, he already had written thelegions for the primary characters in the Winds of Winter book series. Quaithe, Rickon Stark, and Jeyne Pool will be among the new characters introduced in the book. Martin also stated that not all of his characters’ deaths will be realized when he finishes the Game of Thrones series. ON8HbY.