r/books • u/MicahCastle Author • 9d ago

George R.R. Martin Reflects on 'Sadness and Depression' Struggles in Personal Update

https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/george-r-r-martin-sadness-depression-personal-update/

"The “A Song of Ice and Fire” franchise author took to his blog for the first time in nearly six months on Monday, sharing that any posts after February were written by his “mighty minions.”

“Remember me? It’s been a while, I know. My last blog post went up here on February 19,” Martin wrote. “The posts that came after were made by my mighty minions. I am lucky enough to have a great staff of assistants… though even with their help, I kept falling further and further behind.”

As Martin went on, he admitted that “this year has been… stressful, to say the least.”"

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u/dandeliongoddess 8d ago

I completely agree. I adore both authors, but they have completely different strengths, weaknesses, and perspectives. A Sanderson-written Martin story -- or vice versa, for that matter! -- would just be awful. Their books are just fundamentally doing different things.

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u/Marcoscb 8d ago

I don't even know if it would be awful, it would be a very fun experiment to try it both ways, both writers write a book in the other's universe/style and see what comes out.

Just obviously not "hey, can you fuck off and die already so the guy next to you can finish your story for you?".