re: Will George R Martin ever finish Winds of Winter? Releasing another story

The best way for him to finish the series and stay relevant past the HBO series is to let HBO play it out, see what didn't work and release "his" versions. It's smart from a monetary, string it out standpoint. I just think it's lazy and sucks for the actual book readers. These epic fantasies are hard to wrap up though. Malazan was incredible through 7 and when it came to the finish just wasn't on the same level. Herbert never released 7. His son had to butcher it. When your workers are so expensive with so much going on it feels like it's difficult to get them all back to one piece.