The most likely thing for him to release before Winds would be Blood and Fire, which he's alluded to writing concurrently with Winds but I really hope he doesn't release two history books before Winds. Maybe George will finally stay in that house over the lake of acid if we don't get Winds soon lol
I read that as pure sarcasm. He's been pretty clear that when Winds is done, he'll tell us and he has no reason to continue to troll us. He'll just want the constant demand for it to be done
"my copious spare time" is either sarcastic or confirmation Love that George thinks, after 5000 years, he gets to troll us a little with the release date
Opens with a "Save The Date" troll and then jokes about copius spare time, without the usual Winds reference. you might be cooking, he's never directly trolled us like this. Maybe the Maisie Williams project he was referring to (in his England visit post) isn't an HBO adaptation but her signing on to do The Winds Of Winter audiobook.
@@ruvend2581 tbf all of that level of "trolling" has been happening around the second half of this year. where he's BEEN posting more blogs than usual and traveling a bit. the only things that depressed him this year, were the deaths of friends and Trump winning.
@@tashinga8479 I do think that the more positive mood of George’s recent blog posts in the past few months is indicative of his progress on TWoW, obviously this is speculation. But seeing him kind of tease us with “save the date” gives me hope Winds is coming soon 🤞
@@TheW1ndblown another thing i remember seeing that felt odd is the September 29 blog, "Here Comes Hodor" where mentioned joking about being 12 years late on the Winds Of Winter, during a meeting with Hodor's actor, even though he was actually 13 years late at that point. The meeting happened between 15 July and August 15, ADWD was released on July 12 2011, he should know this or i'm reaching again lol. another thing about Winds having a pretty lengthy finalization ,editing and announcement phase is the fact that IT WILL NO DOUBT be released in Two Volumes.
@@tashinga8479thinking pedanticly, 13years since the last book =/= 13years late, he'd still need at least a year to have written winds after dance, therefore, at most you can say 12years late (if youre deluded enough to think grrm can write a book in a year)
Honestly, I have a theory on the books. "A game of thrones" "A clash of kings" "A storm of swords" "A feast for crows" "A dance with dragons" "THE winds of winter" "A dream of spring" No "A" start on winds of winter? That is why it got lost trying to come back home to the A family...
Last year around the same date we were like IS WINTER COMMING? because a lot of indirects seeem to indicate that, and george was like NO IT'S NOT DONE YET I WILL ANOUNCE IT IN MY BLOGPOST NO DOUBLE MEANINGS OR HIDDEN MESAGES. but you might be right he finished the main story and is now fixing details before sending it to the editor and printing.
I definitely feel he will announce winds during or before the Stage play for The tourney Of Harrenhall "The Iron Throne" George wouldn't spoil the truth of Jon Snow's Parentage in a stage play, he wouldn't leave us waiting years for the book version. I'm bullish on this prediction.
He has said a dozen times he will tell us when it’s done just as he did for DwD. That means when the writing is done. The final editing is done during the 3 month minimum timeline before publishing.
But George, my dear, your copious spare time after Winds of Winter should be invested into A Dream of Spring (just kidding he has earned the right to do whatever he wants).
Ive noticed this too. How he always sarcastically refers to winds, and left it out this time. Unfortunately with Dunk and Egg, The new spinoff being announced and his multiple other side projects i don't think he's been working on winds this year.
George had mentioned that he be very clear once he finishes TWOW. Don't expect him to be subtle once he finishes the book that took him more than a decade to complete. But he has been more active in his blog, and for me this is a good sign for the books in general. So I think that we have TWOW at some point in the near future, and I don't think that 2027 will come without at least a release date.
@@raffaeleciabatti in asoiaf the blue roses are called winter roses. They were lyanna starks favorite flower and daenerys sees one growing from the ice in a prophecy. George uses the blue rose image on his blog posts sometimes in cryptic ways. Since the roses are associated with winter and the starks we (delusional fans) like to think that theyre hints that TWOW is coming
I think the fact that George is doing all of this on his own, and has no interest in others planting in his garden, is the primary factor here. I’m not talking about a ghost writer, but I feel like his universe has gotten too big for just one person to handle, I feel like a team of people who respect and understand his work could really create something amazing.
I don't know... I want it to mean something but George said in his infamous pre-Worldcon blog post that when Winds is announced it will be a big announcement, it won't trickle down, however, if George is enthusiastic about all these plans he has after Winds then it could mean he is almost done. Not this year. No. Next year? Unlikely, hopefully. But in two? It could be possible.
@@Dani_1012 I think George’s more upbeat and positive mood these past couple months is a good thing. Hopefully it means he’s made good progress on Winds, enough so where he can imply he’s done or close to done with it. That being said 2025 would be awesome to have the book by. Although, like you said, 2026 seems more likely, as he’s probably going to rip up a few chapters and completely rewrite them to screw with us.
Lots of folk referencing the "I won't mess around" stuff George has said. But then... When the time comes... Could he resist? And in such a way too - like, you've gotta be super paying attention, kudos to this guy thewindblown. I believe
Maybe the real WoW was the friends we made along the way. Also I have a theory that everytime George posted a "words of wisdom", he was just indicating that finished another chapter 😢
He has enough time to travel through Europe and blog about it, lol. But you may be right about the sarcasm. The tone of his recent blogs has been more positive, and the humor is more tongue-in-cheek than sarcasm. Maybe that's why I'm hopeful.
Reads like sarcasm to me. Isn't it funny though that he was never able to get round to the sequel for this book either though, man's basically spent his whole life procrastinating
if you search notablog for the term "copious spare time" you will find several previous instances where there is no mention of winds of winter as well. he uses it when its relevant to the conversation
I think if George ever gets it done he’ll just make a straightforward announcement once it’s delivered to the publisher. Good luck with the channel. Subbed and will be watching your theories.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that was just sarcasm. In a past interview, he said he wouldn’t hint at, tease, or code the WoW release. He said he’d upfront let everyone know right away.
It feels strange that he hasn't published anything this year, in George's website you can see his publications which he usually announces during april or may. In stark contrast, we have 2024 which is empty, true, he didn’t published anything during the pandemic but that's another matter.
This is the kind of Grade A copium i love lol I choose to believe! And if i get disappointed, so what? It's just a book. A potentially incredible book, but a book none the less. I despise the vitriolic naysayers who act like George is a war criminal for not having this done yet. Sure, it sucks pretty hard, but IT'S JUST A FRIGGIN' BOOK; read some other ones, and stop being so nasty about your disappointment. There are worse things happening in the world right now. Winter is coming for us all, so let's focus our vitriol on the real world problems. The winds of winter blow us all, but i dream of spring! Fun video 🫡
I definitely get tired of the constant "finish the book!" comments on every blog post and every FB post, but it's been THIRTEEN YEARS; you can't really blame people for the way they feel about it. I just finished ADWD a couple months ago and I am DYING to know how this story REALLY plays out...not the TV show version. Those who read the books over a decade ago and have been left hanging have a right to their feelings about it. I've read Fire and Blood twice and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms once. I've poured over The World of Ice and Fire and Rise of the Dragon. I'm kind of obsessed; just late to the party. LOL
@carastone3473 yeah, but i didn't say that. I said they should grow up and stop being terrible to George about it. They should stop with the fat jokes and the death jokes. They should stop harassing him online. How they feel is for them, and maybe some of them should get a therapist involved as well.
@@carastone3473 I think what makes people to be so mean to some writters is capitalism, call me lefty, but art doesn't understand of markets or business, is just art and it can go or come back at some point, no matter how many people could be waiting or promises had been made. And writters like martin doesn't write for us, but only for him, and I like that. I hope I wrote all off these enough well (spaniard)
Cool. Let me know as soon as Dream of Spring is published - I’ll start getting excited about WoW once I know the series is actually going to get finished.
Just a few months ago he literally said he only finished “a few pages” in the first half of the year. This means he wrote at least 2 pages but I can guarantee you no more than 50 (because that’s not a horrible number and if he did that he’d probably just say it). If he was correct in saying the book was about 75% done a year ago, and needs at least a couple hundred more pages, we are still far off based on how little he progressed the first half of this year.
Sorry, friend. “In my copious spare time” is just old-American-person speak for “I don’t have time for it and it’s not gonna happen unless I abandon something that’s actually important”
Honestly, who the hell knows these days, I think it was just a joke referencing some nebulous “post winds world” rather than saying that that copious free time is now
I hope you're right but I think he would just say he's done of he were done. Hell likely say the book is done "before" it's edited. Just when he's got the last chapter up to his standards, then editing will take like a month. Hopefully he's almost done since he said he was 3/4ths of the way through 2 years ago and with the last two books the last 1/3rd to 1/4th took between 11 months and a year and a half. But also this book seems to just keep being written forever and be perpetually "maybe a year away" so I can't get my hopes up.
@@itsKiraki I’m gonna be honest, I don’t think that interview with George is as damning as people think. I think his sort of tongue in cheek humor might’ve come out when he said maybe they (the fans) are right. He also said TWoW is a still a priority and he has no plans of retiring. The overall tone of the interview was a bit sad as they were talking about one of his lifelong friends who passed.
i heard that grrm ate a bad taco the other day, and when he farted it sounded like the bells of baelor's sept. confirmation of a dream of spring to be published on cinco de mayo?
I think this was just people misinterpreting wording. It didn't sound like a subtle release hint at all to me. Still thanks for uploading and getting some community going
Your optimism tells me you've not been waiting as long as some of us 🤣. The copious spare time comment was pure sarcasm I reckon. I do think its getting close though 🤞
I unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you ask) got into the books around 2017, so I haven't been waiting as long as the people who have been waiting since 2011. I really hope we get TWoW soon too!
GRRM posted on Nov 22 "I am falling way behind on these posts, alas. The past few months have been very busy." What's keeping GRRM very busy? It could be he's working on a new series, like the Aegon's Conquest series which Mattson Tomlin's tweets indicate he's been working on quite a bit. Or there's some movie in development or perhaps GRRM has other projects like his trains and theater. Or perhaps he's busy with his personal life besides writing. However, it's not like he's been at events or something clearly is happening to keep him busy. He's not involved in writing HOTD or the production it seems. The Dunk & Egg series finished filming in September. GRRM might get updates or be sent the trailer, but it's not really going to be keeping him very busy. So, perhaps that does indicate he's in one of these periods where he makes progress on TWOW.
I noticed that too. I figured he was either referencing all of the traveling he did during the summer or if we are being optimistic, that he is busy finishing TWOW.
The way he expresses about TWoW tells wha a nag it is to him. Well, we'll be having him publishing a lot, but I don't think he really wants to finish ASOIAF. It simply doesn't appeal to him anymore.
George said he won't put any clues or hints about finishing it but will announce it straight forward. So, it wouldn't be intentionally a hint. However, I think he's very clearly wanting to move on and do these other things. The longer he delays TWOW, the more likely he never gets to do these other projects and he's getting older and has friends younger than him who have passed away. My guess is that most of TWOW has been written in a few spurts where he was able to crank out quite a few pages, but the most he's really able to do is about 300 pages a year. If he really was 3/4 finished 2 years ago (and perhaps hadn't progressed much since then), then he needs another big push and perhaps this could be the motivation to finish up enough that can be published, perhaps splitting TWOW or at least publishing something so he can do these other projects. And that could be not letting down Ira Parker and his team on the Dunk & Egg series or being able to help with other series or movies and not have TWOW hanging over his head. But assuming he need to finish perhaps 400+ pages, and he only got really down to work since he got back from his summer vacation, that could mean finishing it next year. If he is again in one of those spurts where he really is making progress, he would be far more optimistic that it will be done. If he's struggling because he can't figure out what to do with some plot point or character, finally committing to something and writing it could be what he needed to do to finish.
Welcome to the ASOIAF UA-cam gang! I completely disagree with you and think you're smoking copium crack but I appreciate your passion 😁 Looking forward to your next vid!
There were 10+ years between the first Grey Alys story being published and GRRM starting work on ASOIAF, so I don't think "ASOIAF taking off" is the reason he didn't do more. Frankly, the dude very rarely finishes planned series. there's a part in Dreamsongs where he talks about his "patented 1 story series", i.e. stories he was going to write sequels to and never did, and there are quite a few of them. The warning signs for what was going to happen with ASOIAF were plain as day, but we didn't want to see.
I feel a little selfish saying this but I always knew sooner or later winds of winter would release. I'm worried about never getting dream of summer. So hearing about his copious plans for before finishing his magnum opus is kinda troubling to me.
George not mentioning Winds is now confirmation lol. The absolute state of this fandom. Subbed btw.
This is what 13 years no TWoW does to a fanbase. Thank you for subbing!
Lmfaooo
Lol fr. 13 years long hiatus made my brain believe the most terrific theories ever such as the euron X daario one xD
@stephaniebrito5717 Gendry is Ibbenese. You heard it here first.
Ok?
Releasing a new book before Winds would be a great way to end up crucified by the fans.
The most likely thing for him to release before Winds would be Blood and Fire, which he's alluded to writing concurrently with Winds but I really hope he doesn't release two history books before Winds. Maybe George will finally stay in that house over the lake of acid if we don't get Winds soon lol
@@TheW1ndblown I’d rather him write blood and fire and dunk and egg stories than get nothing at all
At this point I would happily take Blood & Fire and/or D&E, even instead of WINDS.
he already did this
@@adamkleiman4281 idm if he does it again tbh
Watch the guy with 7 subs finally be the one to get it right 😭😭
Can you imagine xd?
Now its 97😂
@@wutzibu love that for bro
@@thedopaminestop2355 Now it's 115!
121 now, may he flourish!
This is what waiting 13 years for a book does to a fanbase. Earned a sub
I read that as pure sarcasm. He's been pretty clear that when Winds is done, he'll tell us and he has no reason to continue to troll us. He'll just want the constant demand for it to be done
Bro you made a whole UA-cam account for this I respect and relate to the obsession.
I echo that sentiment, man.
Winds of Winter, Half Life 3, GTA 6, all in one year?
A truly blessed harvest. 😂
And to top it all off, hopefully Elder Scrolls 6
And left for dead 3 too!
And Shrek 5!!
@@mikeross6365elder scrolls is definitely a next gen console.
I feel like this 110% copium. Stay strong friend.
thirteen years down, five more to go 😢
I can't wait til copium isn't just mindlessly regurgitated lol. TikTok vocabulary lol
@@DylanOfTheTower nah man, "copium" is way older than tiktok.
"my copious spare time" is either sarcastic or confirmation
Love that George thinks, after 5000 years, he gets to troll us a little with the release date
It's only confirmation in the mind of those who want it to be.
Yeah those are the two options
"Will Winds of Winter ever be released?" Either yes or no, hype intensifies
Maybe the copious spare time was the friends we made along the way.
This made a jovial laugh burst out of me, thank you
I neither believe nor disbelieve, I just pray that you are into something. For my sanity.
@@pinto9779 For all of our sakes I’m hoping I’m right, because I don’t want to wait until 2029 lol
@@TheW1ndblown*homer Simpson voice* “2029 if we’re lucky”
Opens with a "Save The Date" troll and then jokes about copius spare time, without the usual Winds reference. you might be cooking, he's never directly trolled us like this. Maybe the Maisie Williams project he was referring to (in his England visit post) isn't an HBO adaptation but her signing on to do The Winds Of Winter audiobook.
He absolutely trolled like this before, especially regarding Dark Winds (for example with a NotABlog podt titled the Winds of June)
@@ruvend2581 tbf all of that level of "trolling" has been happening around the second half of this year. where he's BEEN posting more blogs than usual and traveling a bit. the only things that depressed him this year, were the deaths of friends and Trump winning.
@@tashinga8479 I do think that the more positive mood of George’s recent blog posts in the past few months is indicative of his progress on TWoW, obviously this is speculation. But seeing him kind of tease us with “save the date” gives me hope Winds is coming soon 🤞
@@TheW1ndblown another thing i remember seeing that felt odd is the September 29 blog, "Here Comes Hodor" where mentioned joking about being 12 years late on the Winds Of Winter, during a meeting with Hodor's actor, even though he was actually 13 years late at that point. The meeting happened between 15 July and August 15, ADWD was released on July 12 2011, he should know this or i'm reaching again lol. another thing about Winds having a pretty lengthy finalization ,editing and announcement phase is the fact that IT WILL NO DOUBT be released in Two Volumes.
@@tashinga8479thinking pedanticly, 13years since the last book =/= 13years late, he'd still need at least a year to have written winds after dance, therefore, at most you can say 12years late (if youre deluded enough to think grrm can write a book in a year)
Honestly, I have a theory on the books.
"A game of thrones"
"A clash of kings"
"A storm of swords"
"A feast for crows"
"A dance with dragons"
"THE winds of winter"
"A dream of spring"
No "A" start on winds of winter? That is why it got lost trying to come back home to the A family...
Babe wake up new cope just dropped
“Remember when he ate my copious spare time and you said I never had any? Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl?”
We don’t talk enough about the psychological damage that the wait for winds have been. Anyway great video
The wait has created GRRM conspiracy theorists of us all, hopefully, the wait will be over soon
Last year around the same date we were like IS WINTER COMMING? because a lot of indirects seeem to indicate that, and george was like NO IT'S NOT DONE YET I WILL ANOUNCE IT IN MY BLOGPOST NO DOUBLE MEANINGS OR HIDDEN MESAGES.
but you might be right he finished the main story and is now fixing details before sending it to the editor and printing.
I definitely feel he will announce winds during or before the Stage play for The tourney Of Harrenhall "The Iron Throne"
George wouldn't spoil the truth of Jon Snow's Parentage in a stage play, he wouldn't leave us waiting years for the book version. I'm bullish on this prediction.
Yeah, they sure didn't reveal Jon's parentage in that TV play before the books did, so they sure won't in that stage play either.......
There’s a stage play??
@@Black_pearl_adriftYes, next year in the UK.
GRRM visited the set this year and sais he is exited for it.
I didn't know about this play, but I do think he'd prefer to have the tourney information revealed through the book. Love this idea.
He has said a dozen times he will tell us when it’s done just as he did for DwD. That means when the writing is done. The final editing is done during the 3 month minimum timeline before publishing.
"Did George Just Announce The Winds of Winter?"
No.
Unfortunately, not directly. But my hope keeps me believing.
George please I need the escapism
Read Preston Jacobs project
@@thedelacruzlol fuck that
@@thedelacruz god no
subbing because you might be the long awaited prophet 🤣
This is a real strong start for a UA-cam career
I’m so happy that I’m not the only one who thought about this
Saaaaame 😂
1 more book after Winds must be written.
But George, my dear, your copious spare time after Winds of Winter should be invested into A Dream of Spring (just kidding he has earned the right to do whatever he wants).
Ive noticed this too. How he always sarcastically refers to winds, and left it out this time.
Unfortunately with Dunk and Egg, The new spinoff being announced and his multiple other side projects i don't think he's been working on winds this year.
George had mentioned that he be very clear once he finishes TWOW. Don't expect him to be subtle once he finishes the book that took him more than a decade to complete. But he has been more active in his blog, and for me this is a good sign for the books in general. So I think that we have TWOW at some point in the near future, and I don't think that 2027 will come without at least a release date.
I love this fandom, where I can find like-minded fans filled with insanity-fuelled speculation
We do not cope. - House Copejoy. Sigill: A sad, silver kraken on a black background.
And now, his cope has ended.
You dont want to wake the cope, do you?
I got a feeling this is going to be the guy to get it right
Where is a Dream Of Spring, George ?!
Bro's cooking 🍳
Already subscribed and waiting for your takes on a lot of theories, may they be a bit quicker than the inevitable coming winter !
everybody waiting for wow, george: here is some other stuff i'd rather work on
At this point we're conspiracy theorists, not book theorists
your bio says ASOIAF theories, i will be waiting
He posted something with a blue rose today but it didnt say aynthing about TWOW. I SWEAAAAR ITS ON PURPOSE
Hi, what’s the meaning of the blue rose in GRRM blogpost? It’s something related to TWOW?
@@raffaeleciabattiit’s a nod to the prophecy and Jon snows parentage
@@raffaeleciabatti in asoiaf the blue roses are called winter roses. They were lyanna starks favorite flower and daenerys sees one growing from the ice in a prophecy. George uses the blue rose image on his blog posts sometimes in cryptic ways. Since the roses are associated with winter and the starks we (delusional fans) like to think that theyre hints that TWOW is coming
The amount of copium in this community is insane
I think the fact that George is doing all of this on his own, and has no interest in others planting in his garden, is the primary factor here. I’m not talking about a ghost writer, but I feel like his universe has gotten too big for just one person to handle, I feel like a team of people who respect and understand his work could really create something amazing.
Let's just pray that it is in editing.
I am already overdosing on copium so I BELIEVE
I don't know... I want it to mean something but George said in his infamous pre-Worldcon blog post that when Winds is announced it will be a big announcement, it won't trickle down, however, if George is enthusiastic about all these plans he has after Winds then it could mean he is almost done. Not this year. No. Next year? Unlikely, hopefully. But in two? It could be possible.
@@Dani_1012 I think George’s more upbeat and positive mood these past couple months is a good thing. Hopefully it means he’s made good progress on Winds, enough so where he can imply he’s done or close to done with it. That being said 2025 would be awesome to have the book by. Although, like you said, 2026 seems more likely, as he’s probably going to rip up a few chapters and completely rewrite them to screw with us.
Lots of folk referencing the "I won't mess around" stuff George has said. But then... When the time comes... Could he resist? And in such a way too - like, you've gotta be super paying attention, kudos to this guy thewindblown. I believe
Winds of Winter and The Batman Part 2 would make for an epic 2026.
Maybe the real WoW was the friends we made along the way. Also I have a theory that everytime George posted a "words of wisdom", he was just indicating that finished another chapter 😢
Tbh I really believe grrm will announce it's done as soon as it's done but idk if he means before or after editing
I'm pretty sure he always mentions it when talking about future projects because he doesn't want to get yelled at lol
Hope he releases it before GTA 6
I feel like that was just sarcasm. That he doesn’t have copious amounts of spare time
He has enough time to travel through Europe and blog about it, lol. But you may be right about the sarcasm. The tone of his recent blogs has been more positive, and the humor is more tongue-in-cheek than sarcasm. Maybe that's why I'm hopeful.
I got a similar feeling from the post about BlueSky. Its really has the vibe like a big announcement is on the way but we cant say anything about it
"my copious spare time" is a sarcastic saying coined by Tom Lehrer. It's just an idiom, which means not having any time.
Reads like sarcasm to me. Isn't it funny though that he was never able to get round to the sequel for this book either though, man's basically spent his whole life procrastinating
At this point I'm done getting my hopes up until I see it on the shelf.
if you search notablog for the term "copious spare time" you will find several previous instances where there is no mention of winds of winter as well. he uses it when its relevant to the conversation
Whats more insane? This video or the fact that it lowkey makes a small amount of sense
If this ends up being true then that means Winds Of Winter will be released before Protomen Act 3 and i find that incredibly funny
Don’t get my hopes up sir. My little heart can’t take it anymore
Oh my sweet summer child
It’s OK, little buddy. Just let and go feel the sweet release of winds of winterless world
Eventually someone’s going to get the prediction right. Eventually…
he forgot to mention he hadn’t forgot about writing winds but forgot to write winds
Nah man. He's being sarcastic and optimistic about the time he has left.
I think if George ever gets it done he’ll just make a straightforward announcement once it’s delivered to the publisher. Good luck with the channel. Subbed and will be watching your theories.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that was just sarcasm. In a past interview, he said he wouldn’t hint at, tease, or code the WoW release. He said he’d upfront let everyone know right away.
The answer is no, GRRM did not announce The Winds of Winter. I want my 4 minutes and 45 seconds back.
Forgive me, I am just a man who dares to dream of spring
@TheW1ndblown We'll have to content ourselves with fanfiction. GRRM is too busy making TV shows.
I love quality cope! Subscribed!
It feels strange that he hasn't published anything this year, in George's website you can see his publications which he usually announces during april or may. In stark contrast, we have 2024 which is empty, true, he didn’t published anything during the pandemic but that's another matter.
It better be close. I only have 20 hours left of A Dance with Dragons to listen to.
This is the kind of Grade A copium i love lol
I choose to believe! And if i get disappointed, so what? It's just a book. A potentially incredible book, but a book none the less. I despise the vitriolic naysayers who act like George is a war criminal for not having this done yet. Sure, it sucks pretty hard, but IT'S JUST A FRIGGIN' BOOK; read some other ones, and stop being so nasty about your disappointment. There are worse things happening in the world right now. Winter is coming for us all, so let's focus our vitriol on the real world problems.
The winds of winter blow us all, but i dream of spring! Fun video 🫡
I definitely get tired of the constant "finish the book!" comments on every blog post and every FB post, but it's been THIRTEEN YEARS; you can't really blame people for the way they feel about it. I just finished ADWD a couple months ago and I am DYING to know how this story REALLY plays out...not the TV show version. Those who read the books over a decade ago and have been left hanging have a right to their feelings about it.
I've read Fire and Blood twice and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms once. I've poured over The World of Ice and Fire and Rise of the Dragon. I'm kind of obsessed; just late to the party. LOL
@carastone3473 yeah, but i didn't say that. I said they should grow up and stop being terrible to George about it. They should stop with the fat jokes and the death jokes. They should stop harassing him online. How they feel is for them, and maybe some of them should get a therapist involved as well.
sir, I have to point out, you are BASED
@@carastone3473 I think what makes people to be so mean to some writters is capitalism, call me lefty, but art doesn't understand of markets or business, is just art and it can go or come back at some point, no matter how many people could be waiting or promises had been made. And writters like martin doesn't write for us, but only for him, and I like that. I hope I wrote all off these enough well (spaniard)
Cool. Let me know as soon as Dream of Spring is published - I’ll start getting excited about WoW once I know the series is actually going to get finished.
"In my copious spare time." This is GRRM being super sarcastic. Grats on the view tho.
Glidus shaking in his boots rn.
Just a few months ago he literally said he only finished “a few pages” in the first half of the year. This means he wrote at least 2 pages but I can guarantee you no more than 50 (because that’s not a horrible number and if he did that he’d probably just say it).
If he was correct in saying the book was about 75% done a year ago, and needs at least a couple hundred more pages, we are still far off based on how little he progressed the first half of this year.
Sorry, friend. “In my copious spare time” is just old-American-person speak for “I don’t have time for it and it’s not gonna happen unless I abandon something that’s actually important”
Guys I figured out why George won't release Winds ever. Once he does, people will stop reading his blog.
Considering he could just be omitting "after I finish Winds of Winter" from the sentence. I wouldn't hold my breath man.....
this is probably copium but.... i refuse to give up hope, wow has never felt closer than this year. so many subtle hints. i have hope
Honestly, who the hell knows these days, I think it was just a joke referencing some nebulous “post winds world” rather than saying that that copious free time is now
I'm gonna be bold and say we will get WINDS at the end of January
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@MorgothBagluir I saw the news... Don’t Stop Believin’
I hope you're right but I think he would just say he's done of he were done. Hell likely say the book is done "before" it's edited. Just when he's got the last chapter up to his standards, then editing will take like a month. Hopefully he's almost done since he said he was 3/4ths of the way through 2 years ago and with the last two books the last 1/3rd to 1/4th took between 11 months and a year and a half. But also this book seems to just keep being written forever and be perpetually "maybe a year away" so I can't get my hopes up.
Well this aged like milk
@@itsKiraki I’m gonna be honest, I don’t think that interview with George is as damning as people think. I think his sort of tongue in cheek humor might’ve come out when he said maybe they (the fans) are right. He also said TWoW is a still a priority and he has no plans of retiring. The overall tone of the interview was a bit sad as they were talking about one of his lifelong friends who passed.
So, in October he says he's not done with Winds, and you think one month later he's done with the book? You're really reaching here.
All of us with excess of copium
impecable crazy person logic sir
Guess he's either finished or given up on finishing 😅
i heard that grrm ate a bad taco the other day, and when he farted it sounded like the bells of baelor's sept. confirmation of a dream of spring to be published on cinco de mayo?
Isn't "in my copious spare time" meant sarcastically? That's how I read it…
This man has become fully Damphair, this is our new voice of the Drowned God.
I think this was just people misinterpreting wording. It didn't sound like a subtle release hint at all to me. Still thanks for uploading and getting some community going
Your optimism tells me you've not been waiting as long as some of us 🤣. The copious spare time comment was pure sarcasm I reckon. I do think its getting close though 🤞
I unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you ask) got into the books around 2017, so I haven't been waiting as long as the people who have been waiting since 2011. I really hope we get TWoW soon too!
I think he was being sarcastic about the time he doesn’t have
deeep conspiracy fanmade right here
bro i havent even read these books but i hope your right😭
I've been huffing copium since dance was released, and I'm hooked
GRRM posted on Nov 22 "I am falling way behind on these posts, alas. The past few months have been very busy." What's keeping GRRM very busy? It could be he's working on a new series, like the Aegon's Conquest series which Mattson Tomlin's tweets indicate he's been working on quite a bit. Or there's some movie in development or perhaps GRRM has other projects like his trains and theater. Or perhaps he's busy with his personal life besides writing. However, it's not like he's been at events or something clearly is happening to keep him busy. He's not involved in writing HOTD or the production it seems. The Dunk & Egg series finished filming in September. GRRM might get updates or be sent the trailer, but it's not really going to be keeping him very busy. So, perhaps that does indicate he's in one of these periods where he makes progress on TWOW.
I noticed that too. I figured he was either referencing all of the traveling he did during the summer or if we are being optimistic, that he is busy finishing TWOW.
2025 will have both GTA 6 and TWOW, bruh
The way he expresses about TWoW tells wha a nag it is to him. Well, we'll be having him publishing a lot, but I don't think he really wants to finish ASOIAF. It simply doesn't appeal to him anymore.
George said he won't put any clues or hints about finishing it but will announce it straight forward. So, it wouldn't be intentionally a hint. However, I think he's very clearly wanting to move on and do these other things. The longer he delays TWOW, the more likely he never gets to do these other projects and he's getting older and has friends younger than him who have passed away. My guess is that most of TWOW has been written in a few spurts where he was able to crank out quite a few pages, but the most he's really able to do is about 300 pages a year. If he really was 3/4 finished 2 years ago (and perhaps hadn't progressed much since then), then he needs another big push and perhaps this could be the motivation to finish up enough that can be published, perhaps splitting TWOW or at least publishing something so he can do these other projects. And that could be not letting down Ira Parker and his team on the Dunk & Egg series or being able to help with other series or movies and not have TWOW hanging over his head. But assuming he need to finish perhaps 400+ pages, and he only got really down to work since he got back from his summer vacation, that could mean finishing it next year. If he is again in one of those spurts where he really is making progress, he would be far more optimistic that it will be done. If he's struggling because he can't figure out what to do with some plot point or character, finally committing to something and writing it could be what he needed to do to finish.
The whole world is uniting for winds of winter 😂. ❤ From 🇮🇳
Welcome to the ASOIAF UA-cam gang! I completely disagree with you and think you're smoking copium crack but I appreciate your passion 😁 Looking forward to your next vid!
There were 10+ years between the first Grey Alys story being published and GRRM starting work on ASOIAF, so I don't think "ASOIAF taking off" is the reason he didn't do more. Frankly, the dude very rarely finishes planned series. there's a part in Dreamsongs where he talks about his "patented 1 story series", i.e. stories he was going to write sequels to and never did, and there are quite a few of them. The warning signs for what was going to happen with ASOIAF were plain as day, but we didn't want to see.
I feel a little selfish saying this but I always knew sooner or later winds of winter would release. I'm worried about never getting dream of summer. So hearing about his copious plans for before finishing his magnum opus is kinda troubling to me.