Jay asked V. St. Clair:

I've really enjoyed how your books bring a good magic system and deep worldbuilding to a young adult story. How did you get into fantasy writing, and what are your influences in your opinion?

V. St. Clair Thanks! Always glad to hear people like the weird things that go on inside my head, and the magic system is one of my favorite things about The Broken Prism series.

I started writing Fantasy when I was about 11 yrs old, because I've always had a very active imagination and I spend most of my time dreaming up other worlds in my head. Fantasy is (in my opinion) the hardest genre to do well, because it usually involves making up an entire new world, characters, economic system, religion, government, etc. rather than using existing framework, but I enjoy it the most for the freedom and the challenge.

My influences are other Fantasy writers (I read about 4-5 books a week), notably: Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, Lois Bujold, Rick Riordan, and JK Rowling. I reread all of the above authors whenever I need inspiration, because they're all super imaginative and it kick-starts my own thinking.

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