Anyone else nanoing this year?

I had not planned to participate this year, because of school and because my life is way too busy to begin with, but three or four days before November I realised that I just could not not do NaNoWriMo this year. I have participated twice before; I did not get past 5,000 words any of those years. I think I had 1 and 3 pages, respectively.

But that was then, I had several things in my life that took away my motivation and my ability to actually do what I decided to do (my depression, mainly) and now things are entirely different. After three or four years of only writing very little (especially compared to how much I wrote before) it is actually nothing short of wonderful to be writing properly again. My novel currently sucks, and the plot that I made up the day before it started is very extensive (part of the backstory of my regular novel project) so I feel like I skip the parts I should detail, and the other way around. But it is fun!

I am now at 42k, have written 10k already today and do not plan to go to bed yet. So I might even get to 45k before going to bed. Which means, considering that the requirement for winning is 50k, my novel will be finished tomorrow. A novel in a week! What a project. And what a contrast to the last two years... I have the time of my life right now.

A little side observation: NaNoWriMo really do take away your ability to use contractions. ("Won't" is one word, "will not" is two - every word counts )

Clubs I'm in: (some of them)