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Originally Posted by Paperbackstash
Some writers just don't write quickly, and I know he's spoken of major depression in the past as well. It's frustrating to wait, but I get it.
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I’ve never heard this about GRRM. I’ve heard it about Runelords author David Farland, and The Kingkiller Chronicle author Patrick Rothfuss before but even those cases of struggling are nearly a decade old and while it’s not something that just goes away I’d think there would be more recent reports.
GRRMs issues are more that he loves going to cons and he gets involved with lots of projects. And to be clear I’m not saying he shouldn’t, just that this is what delays him working on his main series. He also self edits, and does a fairly good job of it, which delays the news of a finished book going to the publisher but speeds it along once it’s been sent as there’s less they need to do. The work still gets checked over but from what’s been said it doesn’t need much tinkering after it’s left GRRMs hands.