For those who have been wondering who won Bonnie’s opal ring in the contest—well, the winner has been twice contacted but has not replied.  So I am desperately seeking:

Arrien of Ormond Beach, FL  – You are the Winner of Bonnie's Opal Ring!

Arrien, please contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  Put in the subject field Winner!  so that I can be sure of finding it among the other emails I get.

Also,I hope a lot of people will enter the Cassie’s Unicorn Egg contest.  The prizes are really so beautiful that I can’t imagine anyone not wanting them, and the contest is already open.  You don’t have to use the directions on the contest page to send me an email, just send it to (here it is again) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  with Cassie’s Unicorn Egg in the subject field.  You don’t have to write anything inside the email, or you can write “Hi” or something if you haven’t read The Secret Circle.

As for strange manifestations on my site recently—I’m sorry that right now I can’t explain about them.  Just believe me that a true life-or-death emergency was in progress.  For the time being, try to forget it, please.

Thanks to everyone who entered the Bonnie’s Opal Ring contest.  Here are a couple of memorable quotes:

OH MY GOSH! Sorry, but I am overly excited about this. The creepy thing is that I was thinking about this when my Internet was loading.....maybe I'm psychic...that would be fun.· -- Katie D. of Middletown, NJ

Hoooooooly taco. REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?!· --· Alex M. of Sioux Falls, SD

I'm such a HUGE fan! Where I read that I had won an autographed copy of Shadow Souls I thought I would scream! :D"· --· Gabriella M. of Tustin, CA

I’ll let everyone know what the Grand Prizewinner says when she does reply.  (Arrien, reply, please!)