MatiMarie

got a cool idea cooking for my readers, check it out on my new blog I'll be using to communicate with you guys as much as possible. It's matimarie.wordpress.com
          	
          	MM xx

Erylis

Hi, so I started reading Navy Blue Eyes when you first posted it on a fan fiction sight (I think at least, it’s been quite a while lol) I lost track of the story but finally found you again a few years ago. I haven’t been active on Watt in a while but logged in recently and saw you updated the story. I want to say thank you, for letting me read a wonderfully thought out story and for inspiring me when I was younger to write myself. I never commented on the chapters but I always read them (ANs included). What you wrote about this story being your therapy, I can relate to. I have my own stories that I’ve written over the years, never really finished, that are my therapy as well. I hope you continue to write and maybe one day I’ll get up the courage to post my own story. You’re amazing and I hope you never forget that!

X__idontevenknow__X

Wow, I can’t believe how long it’s been. I hope you’re doing okay. I don’t think you’ll see this, but I love your books, even if it has been 5 years. I hope one day you’ll work on them again, but if not, I understand, and I just hope you’re happy with whatever you choose to do.

Rosie_Bee8

It's been a year and some since you've been gone. Personally I hope that everything is ok. I know that a lot of your life bled through your stories, so I really do have high hopes that everything is going ok for you. 
          As a reader I wish you'd come back lol I check all the time for any updates. While I know life is busy and hectic more times than not, I can't help but to want to read this story. I crave it more often than I ever thought I would. I often times find myself reading over old chapters and sometimes I read the whole thing over again lol anyway...we all miss you very much. Rowan's story is one to lean on and learn from. Hope to hear from you soon. So so so so much love from me and your readers. Love you beautiful.

MatiMarie

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**An important note about my most recent chapter of Navy Blue Eyes: DON'T FOLLOW ROWAN'S LEAD. PLEASE. She is hurt and scared, but please promise me that you will never defend your abuser. Yes, she was sexually assaulted. She said no. She didn't physically respond. She didn't want what Tanner forced upon her. Whether or not there was any actual 'penetration' or 'orgasm' it is still by all means rape. If something like this ever happens to you (whether the person is your best friend, your relative, someone you met a day ago; whether its a girl or a guy, your age or a decade older or younger,) IT IS ILLEGAL. IT IS WRONG. IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. You are the only person on the whole f---ing planet who has any say over what is right or wrong when it comes to your body. Your body is YOURS. Speak up! Be strong! Know that you are the only person with any authority over your own being! Your voice matters! You matter! You count! You are important! Scream it out, punch a punching bag, cry, write about it, blog about it, tell a friend, tell a therapist, tell the authorities... but never stay silent. Your voice is needed. You are worth it. You deserve to have the person who hurt you know what they did is wrong. You are worthy of an answer. But above all, it does not define you. It does not change the fact that you are a beautiful soul. It doesn't take away the memories of the time you learned to ride a bike or you made your first best friend. You are you, through and through. And you deserve better.**

MatiMarie

**UPDATE**
          
          Currently close to posting the next new chapter of Navy Blue Eyes. I wasn't sure if anyone would vote but I figured maybe a few would be interested, so I'm asking if you'd like to vote for Navy Blue Eyes for the #wattys2015?! If so, comment to let me know you voted and you (or a character of your own design) could be featured in the sequel to NBE!! Either way, every voter will get a chapter dedication or can ask me to read and boost one of their own works! 
          
          Thank you to every Rad Reader of Rowan's, she and I are deeply grateful every day! You guys rock!! 
          
          Much love,
          MM