How true, Tom Petty.
The waiting is the hardest part. The way-ay-ay-ting is the harrrrrrrrrrdest par-art.
I hope Martin can finish A Dance with Dragons soon, but understand that he’ll do it in his own time. But he has been working on ADWD since 1999 (it got too big, and chapters were split off to become A Feast for Crows). 11 years is a long time for a book though.
Thankfully, I know that he won’t pull a Cameron and wait over a decade to drop nature love-fest. Can you imagine James Cameron writing ADWD. Bran the cripple would warg into one of the children of the forest and fight Dany, Cersei, and all of the humans to save the world from environmental destruction. Along the way many predictable things would happen. We all know Martin doesn’t stoop to use tropes and cliches.
I tried the Wheel of Time series years ago. After everyone split up and joined the circus, I couldn’t go on. I don’t CARE what EVERY person clothes are made of. After reading Martin I can never go back to the tedium of Jordan.