77-year-old Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin has shared a candid replace on his well being, and mentioned “falling further and further behind.”
Penning his first entry in six months on his private weblog, Martin acknowledged the dearth of current updates and described the yr as far as having been “stressful, to say the least.”
“So much has been happening, it’s been overwhelming,” Martin wrote in a post titled ‘Better Late Than Never.’ “Some great things, exciting things. Dreams coming true. But there have been nightmares too. I have lost friends. Battled sadness and depression. The worst may be yet to come.
“I turned 77 final September, and I inform you, getting previous isn’t any enjoyable,” Martin continued. “But there have been superb occasions as effectively.”
Ending the blog on a more positive note, Martin celebrated the nine Emmy nominations recently secured by Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and said he “will attempt and catch up some” on posting in future.
No point out was made within the put up on what Martin has been engaged on not too long ago, and there was (maybe unsurprisingly) additionally no point out of House of the Dragon, after Martin beforehand described his working relationship with showrunner Ryan Condal as “abysmal.”
Martin has beforehand mentioned dropping fellow authors and friends, in addition to his pal, Hollywood legend Robert Redford, who got here out of retirement final yr for a short cameo with Martin in his AMC collection Dark Winds. Speaking earlier this yr, Martin additionally mentioned that if he by no means completes Game of Thrones sequel Winds of Winter (or the ebook after that), there isn’t any plan for anybody else to step in. Instead, his Song of Ice and Fire collection merely “will not be completed.”
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about his lack of progress on his subsequent novel, Martin mentioned he would “hate” to give up on the series — though admitted he had made little progress in recent years. At the same time, Martin has served as a producer on Game of Thrones’ various TV spinoffs and Dark Winds, and continued publishing of various A Song of Ice and Fire companion novels — with at least two new Dunk and Egg adventures also currently left part-finished.
The Game of Thrones franchise exhibits no signal of slowing down, nevertheless, with a new stage play set to begin soon in the U.K., and early plans for a potential HBO Game of Thrones sequel series starring Arya Stark.
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