For Atlanta, it is a large city but in some cases has lacked the cultural amenities. Having this new aquarium, that's been a huge boost to the cultural richness for the community, not only for people coming from out of state but also for locals.

What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about too much. You do yourself harm by moving away from the series and the genre. By trying things not based in that particular mode of writing, you will just lose readers.

I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far.

We've been on the other side of that last year against Mohawk. It's a kick in the tail.

He's just worked his tail off. He was everywhere tonight.

The Islanders and their owner, Garth Snow, were very generous with me and let me do some cool stuff inside the organization.