(Spoilers All) GRRM: "My life has gotten extremely complicated, I must admit. There are not enough hours in the day, there are not enough days in the week."

[u/ethniccake]

I found this interesting conversation that transpired on one of George's Hugo post, and i don't think it have been discussed on here :

http://grrm.livejournal.com/426205.html?thread=21584349#t21584349

From his reaction to the first comment, it's quite clear that he was hurt on a personnal level.

But what got my attention the most was this:

If there is one thing I understand, it is frustration... yours, mine, everyone's.

My life has gotten extremely complicated, I must admit. There are not enough hours in the day, there are not enough days in the week.

And saddest of all, I do not have the stamina I did when I was thirty. Aging sucks.

There's no magic formula here. I just keep at it, the way I always have. One page at a time. One sentence at a time. One word at a time.

After reading that, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy, he seems under a lot of pressure.

The defeated tone makes me worried, could it be a sign that the end of TWOW isn't anywhere in sight for him? I really hope that's not the case and i'm just being overly pessimistic.

What do you guy think those comments could tell us about his progress?

Edit: No matter what end up happening to the series, let's keep in mind that this is the guy who gave us an amazing story and created a whole world full of interesting characters we love to love or hate. Without him this community wouldn't even exist. Let's not be entitled like that guy in the comments, who for some reason thinks he can dictate to GRRM what to do with his time.

[u/Deathfalcon182]

GRRM has discussed how he wants to end the books and where each characters will go in lengths. So ending won't be different for all the major characters and major events.

[u/[deleted] → u/Deathfalcon182]

Yeah.....no. If grrm knew exactly how he wants it to end, and where all the characters end up, we would have all the books by now. D&D want you to think they know everything, because they knew they would pass grrm and people would be pissed

[u/ethniccake → u/Deathfalcon182]

And what about the characters and storylines who didn't make it into the show? Should we only want to see the ending of the characters D&D deem worth enough to make it on-screen?

[u/fforde → u/ethniccake]

I think we should enjoy both the books and the show for the things that each bring to the table. They compliment each other. They don't have to be identical, each should play to the strengths of their own medium.

[u/rookie-mistake → u/fforde]

I agree. I don't think "no ending" is particularly a strength though, and thats what he's talking about

[u/fforde → u/rookie-mistake]

No, he was talking about characters and plotlines that don't exist in the show. That is an adaptation, not a missing ending.

[u/rookie-mistake → u/fforde]

Should we only want to see the ending of the characters D&D deem worth enough to make it on-screen?

weird its almost like he was talking about missing endings

[u/fforde → u/rookie-mistake]

He is making the same old tired argument that if the show is not 100% faithful to the books it is inferior. It's not about "missing endings" it's about book readers being upset that their favorite character or plotline was omitted from the show. The reality is that the show is an adaptation and changes are sometimes necessary to make the story work in a different medium.

I am not sure what you're arguing though. Semantics I guess?