Ashley's Scene

Quarry Letter Love

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 @ 12:39 PM

Jennifer Dotson, Editor
Alive Magazine
1720 Madison St. NE Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55413

Dear Jennifer Dotson,

Proposed Article:

21 and Married,

I would like to examine the growing trend of young men and women who are marrying and having children before even graduating from college.

I would like to explore the lives of these young couples and find out their trials as well as their pleasures in a tell-all article.

This story will be 1,500 words, and will not exceed this amount. I am a growing writer, and dependable writer. I will be graduating from Millersville University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with a minor in print media studies. I have had experience as a staff writer for the university newspaper for a year, and have been the news editor for a year.

Best Regards,

Ashley Palm

Profile

Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. I would love to live for the moment, I love spontaneity, but right now my life is at a stand still until I graduate. So, for now, i will settle with being completely absorbed in my work and when I have time, I will go on random adventures to keep me sane. I love outdoors; I hate being in the house when the sun is out and it is warm. I live for the silence of the woods and the sense of sublime when I look at the beauty of nature. I love trees and flowers, especially daisies and weeping willows. Writing is my passion, and It is the only thing that can get me out of a bad mood. That, and crying...most of the time my writing is accompanied by...crying. I am really too emotional for my own good, but I think I trained myself to be that way because my best works happen when I am completely depressed. I love music, especially alternative and classic rock and roll. The calm sound of Brandnew is one of the only things that can calm my hyper personality. I love finding new music, and I wish I had more time to do this. One of my favorite things is finding that song that describes exactly how you are feeling at that point in time, and then i play it over and over until i am sick of it. I also love to sing, and I sing all the time if I am comfortable around you. I am a senior at Millersville, and I am at that point where I do not have the time to be carefree, and I do not have the same friends I used to. Everyone changes in college, it is inevitable, and it is just not as easy for me to find lasting friendships, and people that I do not see right through, or that I can trust. School can get hard when you do not have someone that is there to lean on. When I need someone though, I can always talk to my boyfriend, Zach, who is currently living too far for me to see. He is the greatest guy ever, and I love him way too much. Every time i think about how much I love him, I remember this sappy song that I had to sing in choir. He is always there for me and will always make me feel better. I miss him always. One day I would love to do something to make a difference in someone else's life. I want to finish my degree in English, and help make the world a better place, even in the smallest way. I want to see the world, and experience everything so I can write something great.