Hey @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, if you don’t mind me asking, were you born with your apparent endless kindness and consideration? Or did you develop them over the course of your career?
I ask because you certainly are the Neil we need, much more so than you are the Neil we deserve.
That’s the one! I get the sense this blog post came from your frustration with being asked when Caroline 2 would be published (something you never promised), but thats just a guess.
Nobody was asking about Coraline 2 in 2009. The film had only just come out. And the answer has always been the same, when I come up with a better story than Coraline...
Just—not even considering a cash grab, then?
I'm very glad—but especially in the film industry, "cash grab" is always a reason in the mix.
After all, that's why we got MATRIX: RESURRECTIONS.... 🤷♂️
I am your fan, and I follow you here b/c I respect your humanity as much as your creations. But with GOT, to use your vernacular, although George isn't my bitch he’s sure made some dick moves.
I wonder if he ever will at this point. From a chat he had with Stephen King, I think he's a bit like Sysiphos at this point... Looking for the perfect way to finish the books but rewriting what he has over and over instead of just moving forward. I know the feeling, and it can be crippling.
I re-read this excellent blog post after many years, and now having listened to so many of your Audiobooks and the Sandman adaptation, I heard it in your voice. Thank you for all you have created and brought into our world.
I really appreciate reading your thoughts on this. As a creative myself, I understand all too well the ebbs and flows of inspiration - a process we have very little actual control over. As much as I want the end of ASOIAF, it’s always a good reminder that we are not OWED the rest of the series.
That’s fucking brilliant, Neil. Kudos. I’m a big GOT books guy, and I’m not losing a moment’s sleep over GRRM’s pace. I hope he finishes, but he is not my bitch.
American Airlines will always be the airline that apologized for their gate agent acting in a discriminatory manner towards me (disabled) and offered me 1200 miles to make up for it which was such an insult I never flew with them again.
Better they'd offered just the verbal apology ffs.
Personally I think part of the problem is that Martin was constantly promising release dates and never delivering on them. If he'd just said "Not sure when it'll be done but I am still working" instead of "Next book will be out next summer" that would have spared a lot of heart ache.
