The word author comes from Latin, auctor, meaning, 'one who causes to grow'. As a lifetime author, this is exactly the why of writing.

When it comes to writing for me everything that is made is part of the project, e.g., sketches, voice memos, notes jotted on napkins and coasters, youtube viewing history, articles consumed, podcasts half-completed, interviews and late night conversations, family trees, and the relative positions of the stars...

Past Works

A journey from poetry, to essays, to novels, to one-liner jokes, and standup routines, have all comprised my authorial craft. A ship has no place at sea without a bearing, so to, an author has no place with a pen without a telos, a driving theory, a raison d'être, (a justification for existence). All works written by one man are the same work, though a robust kaleidoscope of many facets and angles within. I believe it was James Joyce who noted that all authors only have one story within them, and they just keep re-writing it.

Published Works

Joseph Voelbel designs learning curriculum and writes about money, systems, and meaning. Author of Pay Attention to Bitcoin (2024), a crash-course primer on sound money, Nineteen Stories (2017), an exploration of the unknown, and This Plant Will Grow (2026), a children's book about a plant that becomes a rainforest.