https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/09/04/george-r-r-martin-slams-house-of-the-dragon/75072692007/

Martin penned a blog post revealing disagreements with the "House of the Dragon" writers. HBO responded by defending showrunner Ryan Condal.

George R.R. Martin doesn't mention House of the Dragon in his latest blog update, but admits his moods "swing between fury and despair" (https://uproxx.com/tv/george-rr-martin-shade-house-of-the-dragon-stress/)

Five days after quickly deleting a post bashing House of the Dragon (https://screenrant.com/db/tv-show/house-of-the-dragon/), Martin returned to his "not a blog" Monday detailing his busy summer (https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/09/09/a-belated-blog/). "Writing came hard, and though I did produce some new pages on both THE WINDS OF WINTER (yes) and BLOOD & FIRE (the sequel to FIRE & BLOOD, the second part of my Targaryen history), I would have liked to turn out a lot more," he wrote. "My various television projects ate up most of those months. Some of that was pleasant (DARK WINDS, and THE HEDGE KNIGHT), most of it was not. The stress kept mounting, the news went from bad to worse to worst, my mood seemed to swing between fury and despair, and at night I tossed and turned when I should have been sleeping. When I did sleep, well, my dreams were none too pleasant either."