GRRM’s official site has been updated with a post-InConJunction post at “Not a Blog”. In it, he discusses the prologue for A Dance with Dragons, which he read at the convention, and what he thinks he needs to revise in some detail.
George has made a new entry on his “Not a Blog”, discussing his progress on A Dance with Dragons, the fact that he’s hired a personal assistant, and his debating not attending a Worldcon for the first time after 21 years.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with news and a link concerning his recent appearance on Second Life, new entries in "From My Readers", and a new piece of cover art from the Japanese edition of the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Bantam has just noted to us that they have made available on their site a video of GRRM’s Second Life appearance where he read from Dreamsongs and from A Dance with Dragons as well as answered some questions from the audience.
GRRM’s appearance in Second Life on the 31st, at 9 PM EST, will be syndicated by a number of affiliate sites in-game to deal with the fact that locations can only carry up to 60 people at a time. You’ll be able to listen to the proceedings (which will feature a reading by GRRM and then a short Q&A) through these affiliates, and submit questions via IM. To find out more, including a list of the affiliates, see here.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with an update to the "Not a Blog" revealing eight little-known things about George and an update to "Appearances" with an event in Taos, New Mexico.
It’s been announced that George R. R. Martin will be doing a reading of a story from Dreamsongs (Volume 1, Volume 2) on Second Life, a graphical secondary world social game. He’ll also take questions from readers. GRRM’s avatar will be selected by people who vote at Bantam Dell’s website, so vote now!
GRRM’s official site has been updated with an update to the "News" section regarding Green Ronin’s licensing of the rights to an A Song of Ice and Fire RPG and a new "Not a Blog" entry about what it’s like to have a good day of writing.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with news regarding Dabel Brothers Productions and Marvel Comics publishing a new, original Wild Cards series (previously reported on here), details of Bantam’s offering of Dreamsongs in two volumes (Volumes 1 and 2) with original illustrations by Mike Kaluta, and the expected announcement of the end of the licensing agreement with Testors.
Also added was a change in the A Dance with Dragons sample chapter available in the "Ice & Fire Sample" section, which is now a Daenerys chapter (already previously published), new cover art in "Cover Art", and a new entry in "From My Readers".
We’ve received more information on the previously reported opportunity to have dinner with George R.R. Martin during Denver’s Opus Fantasy Art Festival:
Thanks to the Opus Fantasy Arts Festival, it looks like fans will be able to join George R. R. Martin, author of the acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire series, for a Moroccan feast! A perfect chance to ask George about Dornish cuisine and customs, too. ;)
Following is the official announcement from the festival, with contact information in case you are interested in joining in:
GRRM’s official site has been updated with a new “Not a Blog” entry” discussing licenses for his works. He’s revealed that he has signed four licensing deals which have yet to be announced, and which will not be announced until the licensess are prepared to announce them. At least one of the licenses has to do with Wild Cards, and he’s noted that he’s allowed one license to expire after noting that not all of the licensing agreements have worked out as he had hoped.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with the news that Dabel Brothers Production’s adaptation of "The Sworn Sword" is now scheduled for release in the coming months, and the addition of Blood of Dragons MUSH to the "Links" page. Furthermore, a new picture has been added to "From My Fans" and GRRM has begun selling copies of Meisha Merlin’s numbered limited edition of A Game of Thrones and Guardians of Order’s deluxe limited edition of the A Game of Thrones Roleplaying Game from his website, as noted in this post on "Not a Blog".
At the New York Comic Con, Marvel Comics and Dabel Brothers Productions announced that Wild Cards, a seminal superhero setting created by and written about by authors such as George R. R. Martin, will see new life in comic book publishing through a brand new series which will be entirely original. Instead of adapting previous stories as the previous Epic series did years ago, the first six issues will feature the work of author Daniel Abraham (who has recently become a part of the Wild Cards team of writers, including writing the interstitials for Tor’s forthcoming new Wild Cards volume, Inside Straight). Daniel’s own announcement follows:
Unfortunately, due to illness, George has had to cancel the pizza crawl in New Haven, Connecticut that he had been so looking forward to. See here for more information. The illness—either a bad case of a stomach virus or food poisoning—may impact his planned appearances at the New York Comic Con as well.