Yesterday, George RR Martin reassured Game of Thrones book fans on his blog that he’s isolating himself. The 71-year-old also admitted he has been writing new A Song of Ice and Fire book The Winds of Winter every day. He wrote: “Truth be told, I am spending more time in Westeros than in the real world, writing every day.”

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Of The Winds of Winter’s plot, the author added: “Things are pretty grim in the Seven Kingdoms.

“But maybe not as grim as they may become here.”

ASOIAF expert and insider BryndenBFish now believes this is a very good sign that the first A Song of Ice and Fire book in almost a decade will release in 2020.

He tweeted: “Aw hell yeah! George is writing in Westeros every day. I think this is the year, friends.”

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