The Game of Thrones creator expects the writers strike will be long and bitter.

Game of ThronesandHouse of the DragonmastermindGeorge R.R.

Martinis back with more updates on his various projects amid the ongoing writers strike.

George R.R. Martin

George R.R. Martin.Paras Griffin/Getty

HBO declined to comment when reached by EW.

“It may get as bad as the infamous 1985 strike, though I hope not.”

He continued, “I still have plenty to do, of course.

Elliot Grihault, Harry Collett, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, and Phoebe Campbell in ‘House of the Dragon’

Elliot Grihault, Harry Collett, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, and Phoebe Campbell in ‘House of the Dragon’.Liam Daniel/ HBO

In that, I am one of the lucky ones.

He wrote that he has been working on the novel “almost every day.

Writing, rewriting, editing [and] writing some more.

It keeps me out of trouble.”

He also noted that the script is coming along for hisGame of Thronesstage playThe Iron Throne.

Though Martin is presently uninvolved as a writer,production for the second season ofHouse of the Dragonrolls on.

No writing has been done since, to the best of my knowledge.”