George RR Martin has said Game Of Thrones slowed down his literary output.
The successful author of A Song Of Ice And Fire created a fictional universe which reached a huge global audience in the HBO hit series.
Martin has said that far from galvanise him into writing more books in the series, Game Of Thrones slowed him down.
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He told The Observer: “I don’t think [the TV series] was very good for me.
“The very thing that should have speeded me up actually slowed me down.
“Every day I sat down to write and even if I had a good day…I’d feel terrible because I’d be thinking, ‘My God, I have to finish the book. I’ve only written four pages when I should have written 40’.”
The author had previously said that the invitations and other trappings of literary fame had become a distraction from his work.
Martin said that he needed to return to the writing room and spend more time in Westeros.
He said: “The success of the series, and the books and the TV show, has gotten me a lot of invitations. A lot of people know who I am.
“Especially four, five, six years ago maybe, I said yes to too many of those things.
“It made it hard to concentrate on the books.”