Having helped to bring his Game Of Thrones novels to US cable network HBO, George RR Martin is keeping the arrangement going, expanding out into a brand new, big-money deal with the company that will see him overseeing shows for the next five years.
Before all of the book readers start tutting about "what does this mean for his novel writing schedule, will we ever get to see the end of the A Song Of Ice And Fire saga?", well, he's still working on The Winds Of Winter and his schedule is up to him.
Yet with various GOT prequels now in development, adaptations of Nnedi Okorafor’s award-winning 2011 post-apocalyptic novel Who Fears Death and Roger Zelaney's 1979 fantasy novel Roadmarks under his control and a few projects outside of HBO and HBO Max, it certainly means he'll be splitting his time more than ever.