Author Archives: Thelma Zirkelbach

About Thelma Zirkelbach

Thelma Zirkelbach published under the pseudonym Lorna Michaels with Harlequin and Silhouette. A Candle for Nick was judged best long contemporary in Orange County's Book Buyer's Best contest. She is a speech-language pathologist, working with young children with language and reading disorders. Her newest books are Stumbling Through the Dark and On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties

“March 9th, Day Zero” — Excerpt from Stumbling Through the Dark

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Thelma Zirkelbach describes her memoir as ā€œa story of love and loss and unexpected courage.ā€ In the following excerpt from Chapter 11 of Stumbling Through the Dark, Mazo Publishers, 2013 (posted here with permission of the author), Thelmaā€™s husband Ralph is undergoing a red cell transplant. How does one commemorate what is supposed to be … Continue reading →

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Parking Garage – A Personal Essay on Widowhood

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Along with editors Barbara B. Rollins, Becky Haigler, and Robyn Conley, Thelma Zirkelbach edited the anthology On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties. We posted an interview with Thelma last week about the process of finding contributors and publishing the anthology. This week, we are pleased to post an essay by Thelma from the 2012 book. … Continue reading →

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Writing the Situations Life Throws Your Way – An Interview with Thelma Zirkelbach

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Former romance writer Thelma Zirkelback has two books out now (and a blog) on the subject of widowhood, one an anthology she co-edited of writings by women who have coped with their new life situation (On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties) and the other a memoir about her interfaith marriage and and the loss of … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day

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Thelma Zirkelbach, who won an honorable mention in a previous Writing It Real personal essay contest, has a talent for evoking those she is close to. In this winning essay, she writes about her mother as she is today and as she was in the past, calling up a lasting evocation. More of my thoughts … Continue reading →

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