George has followed up his previous “Not a Blog” post with another providing some insight into progress on A Dance with Dragons. He reveals that he’s removed a character—who had only one chapter—from the novel, having decided that their chapter would work better early in The Winds of Winter than late in A Dance with Dragons. He states that he now has 100 pages set for the next novel.
He names the removed POV in the post, but as it might imply certain spoilers, you’ll have to click through to read it.