George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones' Author) Missed 'Winds of Winter' Book Deadline

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- the writer of A Song of Fire and Ice that has been adapted into one of todays most popular TV Series admitted via a live journal that he won't be able to deliver the next book titled 'Winds of Winter' before the upcoming season of the TV series airs, as he promised before

- he first promised that the book would release in Halloween, then in December 31st

-  on missed deadline blame, he said:

"You can blame my travels or my blog posts or the distractions of other projects and the Cocteau and whatever, but maybe all that had an impact... you can blame my age, and maybe that had an impact too,"

- on his history of missing deadlines:

"...but if truth be told, sometimes the writing goes well and sometimes it doesn't, and that was true for me even when I was in my 20s,"

- on disappointing everyone by missing his deadline once again:

"My editors and publishers are disappointed, HBO is disappointed, my agents and foreign publishers and translators are disappointed ...but no one could possibly be more disappointed than me,"

- on the TV series having surpassed the narrative currently available in books and the TV series now spoiling content to fans of the books, he said:

"When you ask me, 'will the show spoil the books,' all I can do is say, 'yes and no,' and mumble once again about the butterfly effect. Those pretty little butterflies have grown into mighty dragons. Some of the 'spoilers' you may encounter in season six may not be spoilers at all... because the show and the books have diverged, and will continue to do so."

- on not giving more deadlines for the book:

"I am not going to set another deadline for myself to trip over," he wrote. "The deadlines just stress me out. I am going back to my stance from last March, before all this. It will be done when it's done. And it will be as good as I can possibly make it."

- on how the progress of the book is going:

"Yes, there's a lot written. Hundreds of pages. Dozens of chapters ...But there's also a lot still left to write. I am months away still... and that's if the writing goes well,"

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Season 6 of Game of Thrones is expected to air early April.