George R.r. Martin ya karbi duniya daraja a matsayin mawallafin mai rarar salula "Waƙar Ice da Wuta", wanda ya kwace tushen jerin megapofular ". Haka kuma, na shekaru da yawa, Martin ya dauki bangare wani bangare a cikin Selejahaben da ayyukansa, amma a karshen kakar nasa, lokacin da "wasan da aka karkace daga Roman Canva, ya yanke shawarar a cikin wakilan nasa na aiki zuwa sauran yanayin. A cewar shi, ya yi hakan don maida hankali kan wallafe-wallafe kuma a ƙarshe ƙara littafin labari "iska na hunturu" daga sake zagayowar.
Martin ya bayyana cewa yana da wuya a gare shi ya sauƙaƙe tsakanin aikin da kuma rubuta littattafai. Ya fada, a kan yanayin jerin da ya rage na akalla makonni uku. Duk da cewa "wasan kursiyin" ya ƙare a watan Mayu 2019, Littafi Mai-farko "ba a buga iska ba tukuna. A wannan batun, Martin ya ce ya kasance mai duba zane-zane na jerin har zuwa karshen, sakin sabon littafin zai kasance a wani kwanan wata.
Ko da yake a wani matsayi, wasannin wasannin da Benoff kuma da su ne Benoff kuma suka daina bin labaran kai tsaye, zakarun Martin sun kasance memba a matsayin jerin masu adawa. Marubucin ya kange Benoff da Wasison, a cikin hanya, a wace hanya za ta motsa sassan a yanzu yanzu ba a rubuta sassan ba.