Fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels have been waiting for the sixth book in the series, The Winds of Winter, for 12 years now. 12. 12. Years . Stephen Colbert’s Tooning Out The News interviews Martin, calling him "truly pathetic" for missing his deadline on The Winds of Winter by 11 years, and asks crime author James Patterson for help. George RR Martin shares Winds of Winter latest after Game of Thrones fan 'anxiety attacks' George RR Martin has spoken out on how the writers' strike is affecting his writing of Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin has gotten especially good at writing updates about his next novel in A Song Of Ice And Fire series, Winds Of Winter, that are basically not updates. The Winds Of Winter. Credit: Ertaç Altınöz. I’ve penned many an article and blog post about the long, long wait between books in George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song Of Ice And Fire Martin is an old man and he can spend his remaining years struggling to finish a series that he's already been paid for or he can write new novels that he can sell to hollywood for development. Celebrities don't work for the love of their art, they work for money, just like everyone else. Martin would be crazy to go back to game of thrones Everyone knows that George R.R. Martin has been working onThe Winds of Winter, the sixth novel in hisSong of Ice and Fireseries, for a very long time, so long that HBO's adaptation Game of Geraldo Rivera to unveil the completed novel upon George R. R. Martin's death, in a live telecast entitled "Vault of Thrones". And we can watch it live as Geraldo opens the dusty door to George's study and uncovers a stack of papers labelled "The Winds of Winter" and another labelled "A Dream Of Spring". The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. The previous installment, A Dance with Dragons, covered less story than Martin intended, omitting at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliffhangers. Writer. In a blog post reacting to the Game of Thrones finale, author George R.R. Martin described his plans for concluding his A Song of Ice and Fire saga, right down to his anticipated word qYktcSN.