Being prolific with children, and words

Just saw this: City Weekly, the alternative newspaper here in Utah, does the Artys awards each year, honoring Utahns in the arts essentially. I got a custom award this year!

Best Prolific Scribe
Shannon Hale
Award-winning Utah author Shannon Hale’s released her latest book, graphic novel Calamity Jack, back in January and has no books set for release until 2012, but she’s stayed busy: On her blog she tackles censorship, book-rating systems, morals in literature and more, inviting fellow authors, librarians, parents and readers to join in the discussion. Hale dissects the controversial issues with tact, but is frank in expressing her own opinions, giving readers plenty of food for thought about the changing landscape of literature. Oh, and Hale crafts these blog posts while working on two novels, caring for two young children and being pregnant with twins.

This is the first time I've been recognized officially for my blogging. I've been blogging for eight years this fall. That kind of blows my mind. I never imagined when I did my first post that nearly eight years later I'd be blogging about bedrest with twins. My oh my! How little we control our own lives.