Pretty cool. I did my own NaNoWriMo: "National No Writing Month".
Why was that? A bunch of reasons. I work retail (managing a shoe department) and the Christmas season is a very busy one, leaving me with little time and energy to devote to my writing.
In addition to that... well, I don't want to get into it too much here, but I'm American and early November saw a major event occur that didn't put me in a good mental state for the next few weeks. I stayed away from all social media for a while, just to avoid dealing with people and their ways.
You guys know what I'm talking about.
As of now, I still don't have the time or energy to put in any serious writing, but I am going through my notes for The Sleepwar Saga Book 2, soaking up all of the details again. And I'm steeling myself for a more hard-nosed writing schedule at the beginning of the new year.
If I do this right, I could have a (very rough!) first draft by the end of February no problem. (But, knowing me, I won't - and the end of March will be the earliest.) Then comes the real work of rewriting. Yeuch.
But have no fear: I haven't vanished off the face of the Earth! And with any luck, I will come out the other side of Christmas refreshed and ready to write better than ever before.
I'll believe that when I see it...
