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Emily McIntire is on page 50

Fifty-thousand words into my draft of book 3, which is about the part where I go back through and re-start the whole thing, tear it up, and inject more yearning and tension and try to ignore imposter syndrome LOL.

Anyone find the title and inspiration in Forsaking Midnight for this? *side eyes dramatically*

— Aug 01, 2026 08:22AM

Stealing Sunlight (Defying the Stars, #3)

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Emily McIntire is 59% done

Happy Monday! 🙂
Technically, my word count goal today for Stealing Sunlight (releasing April 13th, 2027) is 3689.

However, I'm also on the last day of my deadline for my edits on a detailed outline to Disney so... that takes priority.

idk how muse-y my muse is going to feel after I'm done with that. Will I be super productive with words today? guess we'll find out lol

— 15 hours, 39 min ago

Emily McIntire is 55% done

Word Count Goal Today: 2639

Book I'm writing: Stealing Sunlight (Defying the Stars, book 3) which releases April 13, 2027!

Will I hit today's goal? YES. I'm at 849 words so far and am bricking my phone until I've hit the goal so I can stay on track. 😤

— Aug 26, 2026 07:05AM