A friendly reminder: Pls don& #39;t wait to buy the 1st book in a series until the series in complete, because often the author doesn& #39;t get to write the 2nd book unless the 1st sells. :) Also, if the 1st one doesn& #39;t sell, it impacts in-house support, marketing budget, etc. Yup.

There are so many things happening behind the scenes in publishing at any given time, and it& #39;s definitely NOT on the reader to grok that, but trust that authors definitely want to give you All The Books, as soon as we can. But, alas, that& #39;s not our call. Publishing is hard.

Gently, Dear Readers, this is not an invitation to bash GRRM. I& #39;m waiting for ASOIAF, too. But I also know what immense pressure he must be under to write, and while publishing is a biz, writing is an art. I wish the muse was so accommodating.