The wail of the Wheel of Time

I think you misread (or didn't read) what he said.

He explicitly said he doesn't think it is proper to keep milking the series. He said that o Harriet too. But if a book is to be, because she thought it was needed, then he would like to be the one doing it. And I can understand why... Taking his words out of context won't make your point about the three book deal stronger.

Second, you also keep saying it is a mistake to turn it to three books. But I believe you have not read the books at all, you only have an outsider's opinion and nothing more... And believe me when I say that unless they make a 2000 page book, they'd murder the entire pacing of the series if they were to (try) and conclude the whole story in one book. Also, the early publication of part of it will help with the wait till the end of the story. I'd much rather have a book this year, one next year or two years from now and another in 4 years than waiting 3 or 4 years for the complete thing. For waiting torture, GRRM is enough.

And yes, I'm fully aware of Mr. Jornad's wishes. It's just that he might have been able to pull it off, either by ignoring the pace and doing a shity book, or simply by leaving lots of threads hanging. It's his story, he had the right to do it.

But Brandon doesn't. He wants to do his best to finish the story with every single plot line resolved and keeping the stile and pace that the readers got comfortable with. I'd like to point out that he won't get a single extra penny for doing 3 instead of 1 book and that if it was for publicity, I doubt the wot fans will buy his books any more if the does the 3 books instead of the 1. In the end, money might be involved, but it is, in my opinion and without a doubt, the best course to end the series properly.