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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
IIRC, Rowling finished her Harry Potter series (7 books) in 10 years. How embarassing if Rowling can get 7 books done in 10 years and Martin struggles to finish 2 in a similar period.
I think the speculation that Martin got bored of the series after Book 3 may have some weight (The space between Books 1, 2, and 3 were 2 years between each). He seems to take more joy talking about his other projects on his blog.
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Of course, I think A Storm of Swords was as many words as the first 3 or 4 Harry Potter books.
I do think he let it get somewhat out of his control. Even though Jordan died 19 years after his first book before he could get the 12th out, he always said he knew exactly how things ended. I'm not 100% sure that Martin knows that right now.