In a recent post on his personal blog, George RR Martin had an interesting explanation as to why he hasn't been more productive as fans continue to wait for his novel The Winds of WInter to be completed.

"This has not been a good year for anyone, with war everywhere and fascism on the rise … and on a more personal level, I have had a pretty wretched year as well, one full of stress, anger, conflict, and defeat," Martin said.

"I look forward to telling you all about our adventures… though it may take a while. I had a thousand emails waiting for me on my return [from Belfast, Amsterdam, London, Oxford, and Glasgow], and then I went and brought a case of covid back with me from worldcon, so I am way way behind," he continued.

"Meanwhile, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings and all their back stories while 2 world wars were going on," one X user responded.

"Is there anything those dastardly fascists won't do to make honest people miserable? And now, they even scheme to inflict writer block on poor vulnerable novelists by highly varied indirect and devious means," another quipped.

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