George RR Martin is a novelist, screenwriter, TV producer, and short story writer. Martin still got an offer from Hollywood producer Philip DeGuere Jr. saying that he wanted to adapt the novel May 14, 2014 1:15 PM EDT. George R.R. Martin’s word processor is so old, he probably found it in a heap of trash in Winterfell. The bestselling author writes all of his fantasy novels on an With his world set up, his characters established, and his engines already revved, GRRM could channel the majority of his focus to writing his plot. He blazed through ACOK in 2 years, putting down 326k words, over 13k words A MONTH. To put this into perspective, this speed in this timeframe would be equivalent to him finishing TEN Dunk and Egg 1ewEtiC.