Wishing you luck & good writing vibes! Or whatever authors like...a crowd of muses? Pots of coffee! Everybody likes pots of coffee.

beric dondarrion fighting the hound.

that's great artwork.

Good luck with it!

I won't pressure you, I completely understand that, sometimes, you just don't feel like writing.

We'll wait. :)

May the muses dance around your desk and channel inspiration through your fingertips.

I know it's not particularly clever but it must be said: yes it's September. Winter is coming. :)

...but be they modestly dressed muses, so as to not draw your attention to other things. ;)

Here we go, here we go!

It seems that this Meereneese knot will rock and be a mileage of ADWD.
I feel the premises are very high

I am happy to hear this :)
Is it really hard to write, I know how you feel since I write myself (not good as you of course) so take your time and make the right decisions that you think are worth it.

Besides, I always love to read smaller chapters ;)

Good to hear that you are working on the book as well, Please do try your level best to finish it this year so we can get to read it soon.

It is indeed September. But only barely! It just started, like, five minutes ago!

These little updates always make me feel cheerful.

I look forward with patient anticipation (can I do that?) to your next book. Well, I try to. Mostly I distract myself by bouncing in my chair waiting for the HBO pilot to air. Sidenote: do you have any intentions of being on-set when the filming is being done?

As for the painting: Wow, that's magnificent work. The Hound should be a lot bigger, though. (Unless that isn't Beric Dondarrion dueling the Hound, and I'm just low on coffee or something.)

Good luck! I think you're probably this world's only expert of Meereenese knots, so if anyone is going to solve it, it's you :)

Good luck and hope you get 'er untangled :)

i support this productive idea! i'm on board with you! ;)

Go get 'em tiger!!

We have great faith in you!

Keep fightin' the good fight, George :)

By the way, I hope Roy Dotrice is reading these blogs and planning his schedule accordingly. When it comes to reading out loud, he is simply THE MAN.

Glad to hear that you're still holding yourself to a high standard of making sure it's just right. Good luck today :)

Wow! ***deep breath*** ...I mean... Wow!!!!

keep up the good work!!!!!!!!! :)

Glad to hear some juice is flowing again, even in rearranging or reediting chapters. That's where it all starts I suppose :) Like mishmarlayla, I am an aspiring writer too and your endurance in this series has been a great inspiration to me.

Whenever I start loosing interest in my (what i hope will be come a) novel, I just think to myself, "What would George do?" XD My head says George would take his time, not hurry and produce the best work that he can.

We're all cheering for you!

Dear George,

Just listen to your heart and do whatever pleases you the most. You've already wrote the best fantasy saga known to human race, and even if you wake up tomorrow and say: THAT'S IT GOD DAMN! I'm sick of this ice and fire, I don't want to write no more! - that will be fine for me, because the thing is, no matter how much AsoIaF books you write, it won't be enough for us (readers). We will always be hungry for more.
So either you stop writing in one moment or either you kill every character in saga (hmm, do I hear Dragon berzerk attack?) thus ending the whole epic tale :D

Cheers!

I can imagine that it's not the most fun thing to give those updates, which makes me appreciate them all the more. Thanks very much for letting us know!

btw, the attention to detail in all of this artwork is awesome. Beric's eye socket, for example.

Good luck slashing that knot!

"Burn in Seven Hells"...love the art for that month (well all the months really). Finger's crossed for a 2010 one.