Nanowrimo - does anyone here participate?

I've considered it but unfortunately I've not been doing enough writing the past yr+ to feel confident enough to participate...HOPEFULLY I can get myself back on track and will be able to give it a shot next yr..

I'm planning on participating. I have been drumming up buddies all this month (unsuccessfully but at least I'm trying) and the first week of the month I anticipating having a lot of time to work on it. I'm going to be on vacation from work but my friends will all be in their classes during the day so... I'll have some time to kill during the days. I have no ideas yet but I intend to just go on stream of consciousness until I hit on something.

I've done Nanowrimo for maybe 7 years (?) now. Won all but one of them. Really rotten stories and most of the endings are slapped on so it will be finished, but it's still fun. And, a nice sense of accomplishment that says I can write something even if it is crap.

I completed it in 2007. Not the book, but the 50,000 words in a month goal of NaNoWriMo. I tried last year, but majorly failed because I just could not get into what I was working on. This year I do not plan to do it, but I might still end up doing it, as the first year I had no ideas and then ended up starting on November 5th. Last year I also did not have an idea until November, although I actually was trying all October to come up with something. Not even thinking of anything really. I would like to do it, but not going to devote much time unless I get majorly inspired, as I would currently rather focus on my current freelance writing gigs. Also, would rather avoid being haunted by my 2007 work by not creating something new to end up causing anymore emotional drain.