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[Rynjin]

GRRM hasn't been paid for the next book. He was paid for the previous books, which were released.

That's the benefit of self-employment. Your only hard obligations are ones you make yourself. In an art related field, you don't even have the responsibility of having a higher purpose. Working in a hospital is important work. People die if you shirk your duties.

Worst case scenario here, there's one less book in the world. A tragedy from a philosophical standpoint for some people, but ultimately meaningless.

When you market a service to the public, it stops being your personal business.

This, also, is not just wrong, but incredibly toxic. It's the same kind of attitude that says "well if an actor didn't want to be stalked and harassed at all hours of the day by rabid fans and paparazzi they shouldn't have become actors/politicians/musicians".

People are people. The only information you're entitled to about another person is what they willingly share, or are legally obligated to share.