You have to admit; getting one of the most famous genres authors telt because he refused to fill out the proper paperwork is pretty funny.

by ScunneredWhimsy

9 comments

  1. >Martin’s efforts appear to have been stymied by the organisers’ rigid – though admirably egalitarian – insistence that any and all potential participants, regardless of status or renown, fill in the same online application form.

    Not like G.R.R.Martin to struggle to finish writing something.

  2. >Martin’s efforts appear to have been stymied by the organisers’ rigid – though admirably egalitarian – insistence that any and all potential participants, regardless of status or renown, **fill in the same online application form**.

    He’ll fill that in right after he’s finished “The Winds of Winter”. 🙂

  3. Is it because you have to have written something recently to be considered an author to be able to enter?

  4. Every time I think of him it annoys me. I loved his books and what are the chances he knows how to finish and will finish them? Or even that he can put the plot down so that a ghost writer can do it (better than nowt).

    Hee haw.

  5. Man asked to fill out application form.

    Doesn’t fill out application form.

    /story

  6. This article makes him seem like a moron lol. They literally sent him the application form and explained that he needed to fill it out, but he just kept trying to call them on the phone…

  7. To be fair, he asked someone else to finish off the application form – but they really fucked up the last parts; especially section 8.

  8. I mean I know it’s just filling out a form but it’s like asking Tiger Woods to qualify for a golf tournament.

  9. Pathetic, especially when you look at some of the other stuff they have on.

    The guy wrote a story on par with Lord of the Rings in scale and depth that became the most succesful TV show of all time… you would think that him volunteering his time to attend would benefit the conference more than it would personally benefit him.

    People bleeting about ‘all he had to do was fill in a form’ ignoring that it is perfectly reasonable to have a conversation with an event organiser to ensure you are both aligned on purpose and process before booking a transatlantic flight and hotels.

    This is what happens when the scared of phone calls awkward squad organise something

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