I met bereavement counselor and hospice chaplain Kate Meyer when she was pitching her book to publishers on Twitter. Yes, you heard that right. Twitter.
It was 2021, and Meyer participated in a Twitter/X event that helped authors get the attention of book publishers by staging the event on certain days of the year. The requirement: pitch your book in 280 characters or less. You could also give it a hashtag like #nonfiction, #mentalhealth, or maybe even #faith. Considering all the pitches a publisher might see in a given year, month, week, or day, 280 characters sounded good!
I wish I had saved the tweet, but I do remember immediately being drawn to the idea that faith can get in the way of grief, that our religion sometimes cuts us off from our emotions, our humanity (you'd think it would be the opposite).
Now more than two years later, Faith Doesn't Erase Grief: Embracing the Experience and Finding Hope by Kate J. Meyer, MDiv, LPC has been a consistent seller reaching readers everywhere as they learn to understand an experience we all share yet one we as a culture perhaps talk about least. This book helps us acknowledge emotions, care for ourselves after a loss, and learn coping skills for the long term.
And now, by this time in 2025, Lake Drive Books will be pleased to publish Meyer's follow-up book tentatively titled Navigating the Waves of Grief. It will offer short readings and prompts to express grief. It will provide grievers a way to go deeper, to put into practice ways to embrace emotions, and to discover a tangible cushion of hope to sustain them during the waves of grief.
Please follow Kate on TikTok, Facebook, or Instagram for her mental health tips (her latest series on how to choose a therapist is so handy), and catch her updates on this terrific, helpful new book.
David Morris, Publisher
