There’s a new notablog post from GRRM.

Briefly:

• this is a lengthy post about Winds.

• He is working on it.

• It’s hard! But progress has been made and he sounds very upbeat.

• The books are different to the show, and getting even moreso. ”Some things will be the same. A lot will not.”

• Some characters who die in the show will live in the books and vice versa.

He also explains in some detail his “gardening” writing style and the impact it has had on his writing, and why it takes so long. ”Things twist, things change, new ideas come to me (thank you, muse), old ideas prove unworkable, I write, I rewrite, I restructure, I rip everything apart and rewrite again, I go through doors that lead nowhere, and doors that open on marvels.”

It’s his biggest update in years, maybe ever.