A pandemic silver lining:George R.R.
Martinhas made significant progress onThe Winds of Winter.
“Yes, I am in an actual cabin in the mountains.

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“If nothing else, the enforced isolation has helped me write,” Martin continued.
“I am spending long hours every day onThe Winds of Winter, and making steady progress.
I finished a new chapter yesterday, another one three days ago, another one the previous week.
But no, this does not mean that the book will be finished tomorrow or published next week.
It’s going to be a huge book, and I still have a long way to go … “I fear I shall never recapture that pace again,” he noted.
“Looking back, I am not sure how I did it then.”