Nearly five years after writing ‘The Nil,’ I was in a very unique place in my life. I’d anticipated having some great success the previous year, in 1988, when I was 22. Alas, it was one of the most difficult years of my life. But I came through it in a good way, learning to find my own way and apply what talents I had with thoughtful determination. I continued writing and submitting poetry, and collected a lot of rejection slips. I also started writing a humor column for my college newspaper not too long after this date. But on…
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It was almost two months after I graduated from Oak Ridge High School in Orlando, Florida… which was my fourth different school in as many years. At last, I was on my own, and headed… somewhere? All was very unclear when I wrote this. Having moved out of my mom’s apartment within a week of graduating, and moved in with a fellow ’84 Oak Ridge grad, I was trying to figure out how to become an adult. A couple of years after writing this, ‘The Nil’ was published in the 1986 American Poetry Anthology. The Nil by Roger Darnell Accepting…
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On this website, in the days to come, I anticipate sharing a lot of the creative projects I’ve written over the years which have remained completely or virtually unpublished until now. I continue to think of myself as a work-in-progress, and thankfully, I have many sterling business partners who rely on me for telling stories. By facing new challenges with them each day, and succeeding, my personal stories grow richer. Looking onward and upward, I expect that this site will to introduce you to some of my best writing projects. I hope you enjoy what you discover here, and I…