update published on his blog, the 71-year-old novelist told fans the Covid-19 pandemic means he is making swift progress on the next book, The Winds of Winter, and plans to have it “done” in time for a trip to Wellington, New Zealand “next year.”He wrote that he is working on the novel in “an actual cabin in the mountains” and is staying healthy by self-isolating during the coronavirus crisis.Updating fans on his work, George added: “If nothing else, the enforced isolation has helped me write.