[SPOILERS ALL BOOKS] Ask George R.R. Martin almost anything (sort of)!

Mr. Martin has kindly agreed to (try to) respond to our top 10 questions! He stipulated that he might not have time to respond to questions that require essay-length answers, but that he would get the rest of them back to us as soon as he's able to. Please post questions here for voting!

1. IMPORTANT: Mr. Martin specifically said that he'd only be able to respond to questions that don't require essay-long responses, so please try avoid submitting anything that would require a lengthy response.

2. Only the top 10 highest voted questions will be sent.

3. Anything blatantly offensive will be excluded.

Edit: Voting is officially closed and your questions have been sent!