>I can't wait. I've pretty much given up hope for the books,
>like I don't know if they will ever happen now.

While I'm sure George R.R. Martin is getting hefty royalty checks for the sales of the past GoT books, he'd be a fool to pass up the huge sales that will come as result of him releasing a new book.

Plus I'd have to imagine he'd want to tell the GoT on his own accord just out of a sheer sense of pride. It is pretty wild he hasn't released another volume yet though.