Winds of Winter: George RR Martin fans call for author to be 'IMPRISONED' over promise

He revealed he would be serving as a Toastmaster for the Hugo Awards, which would be hosted at the World Science Fiction Convention.

At the end of the blogpost he announced: “As for finishing my book… I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much. Best leave me here in Westeros for the nonce.

“But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done.

“Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine.”

source: express.co.uk