Welcome to the blog of Matt Hayes, a teenage writer of science fiction and fantasy (but mostly fantasy) living in San Antonio, Texas with his family.

My name is Matt Hayes, and I welcome you to my blog/Web site. I am currently plotting out an 8-to-10-book YA epic fantasy series tentatively titled “THE SWORD KEEPER”. Some people may be thinking, “Why 10? He might lock himself into the series and extend it a couple books” or “Why 10? He’s gonna get bored and end up only doing 4 or 5″.

Truth is, 10 is a very new number in the series, and it’s based on the number of heroes in the series. Each book will have a new Sword Keeper, a different main character than the last one. Oddly enough, Book 8 is the first book I started plotting out, and the main character of that book is named Jazen. Jazen has been with me for a few years now, even though his back story and personality has changed.

So believe me when I say that I’ve got it all worked out. I’m just going to plot out the entire series before I begin the first book. I don’t know how long plotting is going to take, so stay tuned for more. For now, this blog/ Web site thing is just going to be my aspiring advice/ book review place.

I’m going up to LTUE in Utah next month, so hopefully I should learn a lot about writing and the craft.

Anyway…

Welcome to the blog and Web site. Feel free to look around. Matt, out.