It’s now 2025, there’s still no signs of Winds of Winter, and Game of Thrones veered from the books to forge its own path long ago. Martin still provides updates on the book every now and then, but many fans now doubt that he’ll ever manage to finish Winds and its planned sequel, A Dream of Spring. A new update from Martin, however, reassures fans that he’s heard their concerns, and that he’s still determined to finish his story. The running joke when Martin announces a new project is that “he’ll do anything except finish Winds of Winter,” but this time he got out ahead of the grumbling. “You don’t care about anything but WINDS OF WINTER.