Joel has tried his hand at several occupations. He has been an NCO in the US Army, a hapless AOL optionaire, a technologies manager, and is currently a business owner. However, it was always his dream to be a writer. Joel's inaugural sci-fi novel, Chaos Terrain, was an idea he had in 1996 and held onto while raising a family, climbing corporate ladders, or exploring new business ideas. Joel plans to write more novels in several genres if he can stop reading the books his friends have written.