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'''''The Winds of Winter''''' is the
==Plot==
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In 2017, Martin believed that ''The Winds of Winter'' would be released that same year. However, he also noted that he had believed the same thing would occur the previous year,<ref name="NME-release" /><ref name="Martin, George R. R">{{Cite web |last=George R. R. Martin |date=January 9, 2017 |title=Doom, Despair, Defeat |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/515302.html?thread=25552870#t25552870 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815111548/http://grrm.livejournal.com/515302.html?thread=25552870#t25552870 |archive-date=August 15, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=Not a Blog}}</ref><ref name="Hibberd, James">{{Cite web |last=Hibberd, James |date=January 11, 2017 |title=George R.R. Martin on Winds of Winter release date: 'I think this year' |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/01/10/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter-release-2017-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111182149/http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/10/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter-release-2017-date/ |archive-date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> and later that year he confirmed he was "still months away" from finishing the book, indicating it may not be published until 2018 or later, with ''[[Fire & Blood (book)|Fire & Blood]]'', the book on the history of House Targaryen, possibly preceding it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=grrm |date=July 22, 2017 |title=The Swords Are Drawn |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/544709.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802112916/http://grrm.livejournal.com/544709.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> <!-- ! Based on "Whether WINDS or the first volume of FIRE AND BLOOD will be the first to hit the bookstores is hard to say at this juncture, but I do think you will have a Westeros book from me in 2018... and who knows, maybe two. " AND "No publication date has been set yet, but it's likely that we will get the first volume of FIRE AND BLOOD out in late 2018 or early 2019." -->
In April 2018, Martin confirmed that ''Fire & Blood'' would be published before ''The Winds of Winter'', which would not be published in 2018;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fire Blood on the way |url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324114746/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/ |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref> he indicated that ''Fire & Blood'' was the book his publisher wanted next.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hibberd, James |date=November 19, 2018 |title=George R.R. Martin gets candid about new book: 'What excites me most is I finished it' |url=https://ew.com/author-interviews/2018/11/19/george-rr-martin-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427192729/https://ew.com/author-interviews/2018/11/19/george-rr-martin-interview/ |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> Since then, he
In an interview published in January 2020, Martin said that while he was still working on ''The Winds of Winter'', his primary focus, he also continues<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 11, 2019 |title='Winds of Winter' Release Date Delay: Too Many Projects Keeping Author Busy |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/winds-winter-release-date-delay-too-many-projects-keeping-author-busy-2799623 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612203640/https://www.ibtimes.com/winds-winter-release-date-delay-too-many-projects-keeping-author-busy-2799623 |archive-date=June 12, 2019 |access-date=January 22, 2020 |website=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> working with [[Nnedi Okorafor]] on a TV adaptation of her science fantasy novel ''[[Who Fears Death]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/literarischewelt/plus205141110/George-R-R-Martin-Game-Of-Thrones-haette-im-Kino-enden-sollen.html/|title=Die Leute kennen ein Ende – nicht das Ende|author=Scholz, Martin|newspaper=[[Die Welt]]|language=de|url-status=live|date=January 19, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2023|archive-date=September 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902093613/https://www.welt.de/kultur/literarischewelt/plus205141110/George-R-R-Martin-Game-Of-Thrones-haette-im-Kino-enden-sollen.html}}</ref> for which he agreed to be executive producer in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|author=[[Martin, George R.R.]]|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=April 28, 2023|title=Who Fears Death? |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/542263.html|publisher=Not a Blog|via=[[LiveJournal]]|url-status=live|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121052615/https://grrm.livejournal.com/542263.html |archive-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref> In March and April 2020, Martin stated that he was writing ''The Winds of Winter'' every day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin, George R.R. |date=March 17, 2020 |title=Strange Days |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/03/17/strange-days/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318123105/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/03/17/strange-days/ |archive-date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=March 18, 2020 |publisher=Not a Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=No Fooling ||publisher=Not A Blog|url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/04/02/no-fooling/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405221823/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/04/02/no-fooling/ |archive-date=April 5, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> In February 2021, Martin said he had written "hundreds and hundreds of pages" of ''The Winds of Winter'' in 2020 but that even though it had been the most productive year with regard to ''The Winds of Winter'', he still had hundreds of pages to write; although he was hopeful of finishing in 2021, he did not want to make any predictions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=George R. R. |author-link=George R. R. Martin |date=February 2, 2021 |title=Reflections on a Bad Year |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2021/02/02/reflections-on-a-bad-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202155030/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2021/02/02/reflections-on-a-bad-year/ |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=February 27, 2021|publisher=Not A Blog}}</ref> In March 2022, Martin stated that he had made less progress in 2021 than in 2020, but emphasized that {{"'}}less' is not 'none{{'"}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=George R. R. |author-link=George R. R. Martin |date=March 9, 2022 |title=Random Updates and Bits o' News |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309154502/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/ |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |access-date=2022-03-09|publisher=Not A Blog|language=en-US}} </ref>
During an appearance on the October 25, 2022, episode of ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'', Martin said that approximately three quarters of ''The Winds of Winter'' had been written.<ref name=HollywoodReporter/><ref name=TheBrag/> In an appearance on ''[[Stephen Colbert's Tooning Out the News]]'' later that year, Martin said that he had written approximately 1,100 to 1,200 pages of the book and that roughly 400–500 pages remained to be written.<ref name=Esquire/> In July 2023, Martin said that he was working on the novel "almost every day".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7|title=Every update George R.R. Martin has given about his long-delayed next novel, 'The Winds of Winter'|author=Haasch, Palmer|magazine=[[Business Insider]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 3, 2023|access-date=August 8, 2023|archive-date=August 5, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230805194709/https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/07/22/actors-join-the-strike/|author=[[Martin, George R.R.]]|title=Actors Join the Strike!|publisher=Not a Blog|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=July 22, 2023|access-date=August 9, 2023|archive-date=August 9, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230809040243/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/07/22/actors-join-the-strike/}}</ref>
On August 14th, 2023, Martin reaffirmed his notion from his ‘''Blog that is Not A Blog’'' post from April 15th, 2014 that no further Dunk and Egg novellas will be written until after finishing ''The Winds of Winter.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Knight and a Squire {{!}} Not a Blog |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/04/14/a-knight-and-a-squire/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunk and Egg {{!}} Not a Blog |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2014/04/15/dunk-and-egg/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In November 2023, Martin indicated that the number of pages written was the same as the year before, stating that he was "struggling with it" and doesn't know when it will be finished.<ref name="IGN11.20.23" />
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