The bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the massively popular fantasy series that inspired HBO’s Game of Thrones, revealed that his months-long absence from the public eye coincided with a difficult year marked by sadness, depression, and the loss of friends.
He then explains how hard the year has been.
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“This year has been … stressful, to say the least,” he wrote. “So much has been happening; it’s been overwhelming—some great things, exciting things. Dreams coming true. But there have been nightmares too. I have lost friends. Battled sadness and depression.”
“I turned 77 last September, and I tell you, getting old is no fun,” he says.
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Martin notes that the ceremony will be held Sept. 14 (six days before his birthday) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. He says that he hopes to attend, but “that depends on … well, on a lot of things.” If he does attend, he’ll likely leave with at least one trophy to add to his collection of four Emmys.
View this post on InstagramAccording to NBC News, Martin addressed the criticism in a May 2025 post, writing, “[I] ought to get some other writer to pinch hit for me. … I am going to die soon anyway, because I am so old. I lost all interest in ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ decades ago. I don’t give a s--- about writing any longer; I just sit around and spend my money.”
“I will try not to wait so long before my next post,” he writes. “There’s a lot more to tell you.”
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