re: GoT spinoff Aegon's Conquest in the works

I'd have to imagine trying to finish this story would be like a song writer going back to a time when they produced a hit single, or album, then trying to get back to a that mental state which allowed them to produce the work in the first place. But they can't recreate that feeling because they've lived so much more and moved on. They aren't the same person as they were 15-20 years ago.

A Game of Thrones was first published in 1996.