Game of Thrones dad and occasional seafaring captain lookalike George R.R. Martin recently had an interview with Metro newspapers, and once again defended the casual, sauntering pace his writing has taken in recent years:
"I did not start to write slower over the years," the American author explained. "I was working on the first book for six year and four years on the second one. Fantasists who release their novels every year, do not offer books of large volume. These are not 1.5k pages like mine, but, for example, 500. In addition, I have not become younger. Age does not add enthusiasm."
When asked if he watched the TV show--which, at this point, has blown past the plot line in the books--Martin said he hasn't caught much lately of Jon, Dany, and crew because of his touring and writing.
That dull ache you feel is the onset of a headache trying to figure out Martin's verbal dance-around. He's closing in on seven years to write the latest GoT installment, but he "did not start to write slower over the years." Uh-huh. Yet--YET!--at the same time, "age does not add enthusiasm." And to cap it off, he's too busy to watch an hour of TV once a week because of all the writing/touring going on.
Lest Martin forget, he's not getting any younger doing conventions across the country or interviews with media outlets that find him repeating the same train of thought again and again.
Age doesn't add enthusiasm--although neither does a lack of new books.
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