Max's House of the Dragon series was an instant hit last year, but with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes still ongoing, author and creator George R.R. Martin recently gave his thoughts about both strikes and how it's going to affect his shows and everything else.

　　As far as House of the Dragon Season 2, Martin said that "all of the scripts had been finished months before the WGA strike began. No writing has been done since, to the best of my knowledge," in his latest blog post.

　　He also explains the biggest difference between the American unions and what they have overseas in Europe, and how they can continue filming. "[House of the Dragon] is shot mostly in London (and a little bit in Wales, Spain, and various other locations), which is why filming has continued,” Martin added.

　　"The actors are members of the British union, Equity, not SAG-AFTRA, and though Equity strongly supports their American cousins (they have a big rally planned to show that support), British law forbids them from staging a sympathy strike. If they walk, they have no protection against being fired for breach of contract, or even sued."

　　Martin continued on with how he feels that the current WGA strike "is the most important of my lifetime" and he expects it to be drawn out for months. He even compared it to the 1985 strike, which lasted two weeks, so it's possible he meant the 1988 strike, which lasted for five months--the longest in the guild's history.

　　The Game of Thrones creator also updated fans on his own personal situation with HBO. He stated that his deal with HBO was suspended on June 1, but still is keeping busy with editing and writing more of The Winds of Winter.

　　"These strikes are not really about name writers or producers or showrunners, most of whom are fine," he said. "We're striking for the entry-level writers, the story editors, the students hoping to break in, the actor who has four lines, the guy working his first staff job who dreams of creating his own show one day, as I did back in the '80s."

　　There is no announced date for Season 2, but it started filming and production back in April of this year.