chapotraphouse

He had, as far as I know, completely stopped editing his last book over eight years ago, and based off what I know from acquaintances who actually know him, and some podcast episodes that featured him, he doesn't really intend to start again.

As far as I can tell, there were three strong reasons, the first is that he absolutely hated the amount of pressure he was under from fans during the editing of the second book, due to the fact that he basically claims he made an amateur mistake by claiming that the trilogy was completed, which lead to his second thing which was growing to genuinely despise his fanbase and hate his fans, because Rothfuss is a pretty politically conscious guy and basically views these people in the same way we view the treat hogs, who in turn accuse him of using politics as a distraction from his writing (which is a neverending cycle), which then led to the third thing, which was that he grew to despise Kvothe as a person and as a kind of power-fantasy character that appeals to these fans (even if that isn't actually why we enjoyed Kvothe).

I would be shocked if we actually get a third book that isn't some sort of 'fuck you' to the fanbase, if at all. I mean, the even the short story was basically his way of telling us to 'shut the fuck up'.

My understanding is that he is a kinda nice guy, unless you want something from him, then he can be abit of a dick, who made a best-selling fantasy novel on his first try without actually developing the writing chops to finish what he started and didn't have the social graces or care to deal with the fallout of that.