A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has said he's written 1,100 pages of next book The Winds of Winter, the same amount he'd written as of December 2022, while also revealing there are eight Game of Thrones spin-off shows being worked on.
I like to think the next book is already written but in an extremely rough shape.
And the reason why this current book is taking so long is because he has to essentially write both books at once with alot of key stuff to align.
So in my fantasy dream land once the current book comes out itll take ALOT less time to do the last or if he dies theyll probably release the rough copy as its essentially finished just without any polish.
I like to think the next book is already written but in an extremely rough shape.
And the reason why this current book is taking so long is because he has to essentially write both books at once with alot of key stuff to align.
So in my fantasy dream land once the current book comes out itll take ALOT less time to do the last or if he dies theyll probably release the rough copy as its essentially finished just without any polish.
But yeah this is a fantasy