re: GoT spinoff Aegon's Conquest in the works

GRRM strikes me as a perfectionist to a degree, hence the infamous “Mereen Knot” referenced in the TV show as a sex technique.

It is a reference to him writing when the Dorne contingent makes it to Mereen with regards to Dany’s wedding, as he was not sure if it was better dramatically for them to appear before, during, or after it.



With him spending that much time pondering one element, I’m not sure that he’s getting paralysis over how the ending will be taken as much as he’s getting up his own arse about how perfectly he wants the story laid out.


The problem is that perfect is the enemy of good. Especially when you are an elderly obese man who still has at least one more, if not two more, books to go after Winds Of Winter.