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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 5164783" data-attributes="member: 649">Interesting, I read something completely different from Gaiman: we're all human, we all push as hard as we can in whatever ways we can, we're all entitled to private lives, and we all have perfectly valid reasons why we end up letting people down, whether you think they're valid or not. That they're both writers allows for a greater specific empathy, but doesn't define the argument.I take it you've never promised something that you've been unable to follow through with. "Social contract" is a very nice idea -- and dude, do I ever want to read that next book -- but the reality is that people are frail.Let's imagine that the reason the next book isn't out is that Martin, perhaps unknown to himself, is afraid that what he's produced isn't actually good enough, isn't at the level of the other books. Let's further imagine that he's effectively emotionally paralyzed on that front, that he's not making any progress and can't seem to get himself to finish something up and get it to the publisher. I don't know that this is the case, but for a moment let's pretend it's the actual problem. That's ok with me. If it was the case, would it not be ok with you? If so, is it because you think you're better than that, that you would never have such a problem? If you were in that situation, would you magically overcome it somehow?It may be some other much more mundane reason, but even if it's that, it's just the way it is. We're all imperfect humans doing the very best they can despite piles and piles of intellectual, emotional, and physical limitations.</blockquote>

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