“But he struck an agreement with David and Dan, the showrunners on the series, that he would not publish the final two books until the series has completed. “George has already written Books 6 and 7, and as far as he’s concerned there only are seven books,” the actor reportedly said. Subscribe to Observer’s Entertainment Newsletter He claimed that Martin has already finished the final two books but struck an agreement with HBO not to publish them until after the show has ended, reports Collider. You break down the 1,100 pages into three books… You submit one book per year, they’ll be happy, and suddenly you’ll be ahead of schedule!,' Patterson suggests Martin.Former Game of Thrones star Ian McElhinney-who played Ser Barristan Selmy, a character from the series who is notably still alive in the books-made some shocking comments recently at the Epic Con convention, which took place this past April. He also suggests Martin that instead of writing a 1700+ pages book, the latter can split the thick book into three smaller books and release them in short gaps from each other.

Patterson tells Martin to change his writing methods, as the latter is still using the DOS computer and the WordStar word processor, as per the report. In the video while Patterson is taken aback with Martin's writing progress, he also gives him some advice. Ike Bloom (voiced by Inspector Ike’s Ikechukwu Ufomadu) takes Martin to task, calling him “a struggling writer - let me revise that, truly pathetic - who is having trouble meeting deadlines.” He calls up hyper-prolific crime writer James Patterson, asking him for advice about how Martin can turn his work around faster,' reads a reports by. 'In this exclusive clip from Martin’s episode of the show, now streaming on the Comedy Central website, animated host Dr. But he is yet to write “another 400, 500 pages” to finish it. In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert’s 'Tooning Out The News' when Martin was asked about his writing progress, the author revealed that he has written roughly 1100-1200 pages in 'The Winds of Winter' book.

It is noted that it's been roughly 11 years since the last book in the 'Song of Ice and Fire' series was released. While the screen adaptation is complete and over, it is noted that the author is yet to finish his next novel 'The Winds of Winter' in the series. Author George RR Martin is best known for writing the 'Song of Ice and Fire' books, which were adapted into the popular series ' Game of Thrones'.

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