10 Things George R. R. Martin Is Apparently Doing Instead of Finishing His Next Book

10. Licensing a calendar

9. Playing with little figurines

8. Watching football

7. Attending fantasy conventions

6. Attending Bruce Springsteen concerts. Boy, is he tired!

5. "Cavorting."

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Sub-Blog of Tens: Ten Fantasy Writers with a Stronger Work Ethic that Martin:

(10) Brandon Sanderson: as good as Jordan, with less braid-tugging and crossing-arms-under-the-breasts
(9) Robert Jordan: the guy was writing notes on his death bed
(8) Steven Erickson: twice the number of books as Martin in 66% of the time
(7) Robin Hobb
(6) Stephen King: Jesus, I actually wanted him to slow down toward the end of the "Dark Tower" series
(5) Terry Goodkind: too bad his books suck, but you can't fault him on the page count
(4) Mark Anthony: six books in six years. They were middling, but at least we didn't have to wait
(3) John Marco: sticks to trilogies, finishes them in a couple of years
(2) David Farland: Hasn't left us wanting more. Quite the opposite.
(1) J.D. Salinger: At least had the decency to become a hermit when he was done writing
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4. Signing books. You know--the ones he wrote in a previous century.

3. Working out a TV deal. Let's hope they don't plan on more than four seasons!

2. Being a wuss.

1. Rubbing his fans' noses in the fact he can't seem to publish more than one book every six years.