Neil Gaiman responded to a fan who was concerned about the massive delay of George R.R. Martin’s book in 2009 whether the author is obligated to deliver on his promise of finishing the novel.
The Coraline writer defended Martin and mentioned a couple of reasons why writers take time to finish books, mostly due to personal matters and goings-on in their private lives. He also added (via Neil Gaiman’s website):
The economics of scale for a writer mean that very few of us can afford to write 5,000 page books and then break them up and publish them annually once they are done. So writers with huge stories, or ones that,…
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