Overview
- Martin says the HBO finale was more of a happy ending than his plan and that the books will kill different characters.
- He states he does not see a happy ending for Tyrion and notes he once intended to kill Sansa but may now let her live.
- He describes active revisions with no publication date, keeping The Winds of Winter around the 1,100‑page mark.
- He rejects suggestions to hand the novel to another writer and expressed frustration over comments about his age.
- He has begun two new Dunk & Egg novellas set in Winterfell and the Riverlands as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres, and says he has material for many more spinoffs.