Okokuqala, uMartin wagcizelela ukuthi uhlala uzizwa "izindlebe" kanye nengcindezi yokungabekezeleleki "futhi nengcindezi yengqondo" engabekezeleleki ephathelene nesidingo sokuqeda umsebenzi encwadini ethi "Umoya Wobusika" ngokushesha okukhulu. Umlobi uthe ukuze ekugcineni aqede le ncwadi, wenqaba ukuba nemicimbi eminingi yomphakathi futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, izimo zokubhala ezihlokweni zemidlalo yezihlalo zobukhosi. Esikhathini esilandelayo, izinkathi zochungechunge lwezinkathi ezingama-6 zochungechunge nazo ngeke zibhale izimo - esikhundleni salokho, zizogxila ngokuphelele ekugcineni komsebenzi emimoyeni "yomoya".
"Abantu abaningi basebenza ochungechungeni, abantu abaningi abanekhono kakhulu. Kepha yimina kuphela ongabhala izincwadi, "kusho uGeorge R. Martin. "" Umoya wobusika "usalinde kakhulu, ngoba uchungechunge seluvele lusebenzise iningi lezincwadi ezinhlanu zokuqala kusuka" kwengoma yeqhwa nelangabi "." UMartin waqinisekisa abalandeli abazinikelayo basebenza encwadini cishe sonke isikhathi sakhe - futhi noma ngabe engekho, abasizi bakhe bayaqhubeka nokusebenza "imimoya yomoya".
Ngaleso sikhathi, ukudubula iminyaka engu-6 "imidlalo yezihlalo zobukhosi" sekuvele, okusho ukuthi kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2016, lapho abalandeli bokuqala bazofika endaweni efanayo - lapho kungekho owaziyo mayelana necebo. Incwadi ethi "Umoya Wobusika" namanje awunawo okungenani usuku olusondele lokuphuma, futhi inkathi yesi-6 yemidlalo yamahlathi izokhishwa ngo-Ephreli 2016.