I have never read his non ASOIAF stuff so I have no conception of him being any worse of an author than ASOIAF portrays. I didn't know he had and lost an assistant on the series though. That would certainly offer a utilitarian explanation of gurm's behavior: that he won't, because he can't, because he never could.
Good news is he could easily put such rumors to rest with one simple trick...
The hardest part to explain about him is how such a manifestly terrible author could write something that became so inexplicably popular.
The answer: he didn't. All his best work came when he had an 'assistant' helping him. When that guy left, so did his work.
I have never read his non ASOIAF stuff so I have no conception of him being any worse of an author than ASOIAF portrays. I didn't know he had and lost an assistant on the series though. That would certainly offer a utilitarian explanation of gurm's behavior: that he won't, because he can't, because he never could.
Good news is he could easily put such rumors to rest with one simple trick...