May 2019: No I Haven’t Finished It Already, Who Said That
Ian McElhinney, who played Barristan Selmy on the show, said that actually. Martin is pretty quick to refute it. “Why would I sit for years on completed novels? Why would my publishers—not just here in the U.S., but all around the world—ever consent to this? They make millions and millions of dollars every time a new Ice & Fire book comes out, as do I. Delaying makes no sense.”
