Hey singed 420 has a few tricks and tips video you should check out that ' s one of them <| sep |> Where can they be found in Phoenix ? <| sep |> He ' s been working on TWOW for 5 years , and claims to only need 1 more book after that . Anticipating the maximum 7 year timeframe for each , that puts him at 77 when ADOS comes out he ' s 68 now , plus 2 more years for TWOW and 7 years for ADOS . Now if he wants to add an additional book to wrap the series up that may be a concern , but we should also consider that he ' s likely got a much better grasp on the endgame than he does for how to get there . As he says , it ' s like a road trip where you know the beginning and end , but not the exact route you ' re going to take . The closer you get to your destination the more those routes start to converge . Also I ' m just going to go ahead and say that there ' s pretty much a zero percent chance that ASOIAF isn ' t going to be finished . It might not be finished by GRRM , but he earns an estimated $ 15 million from HBO royalties and an additional $ 10 million from book royalties . He can say whatever he wants about his wishes respecting the future of the series , but at the end of the day the authority to appoint another author to finish it falls to the executors and ultimate beneficiaries of his estate . Even if Parris decides to respect his wishes , I think it extremely unlikely that whoever takes over after her will feel the same . There aren ' t many people out there willing to derail a $ 25 million gravy train .