Books
Crowdfunding campaign successfully completed!
Louise is currently writing a 200 page adult activity and coloring book explaining the funeral process. The recent Kickstarter campaign raised funds that are earmarked for printing and distribution to the backers who supported the campaign. After that, the book will be available to the general public!
Highlights include:
Logic puzzles, word games, number games, mazes, trivia, funeral planning prompts, coloring pages, and…
Dead Paper Dolls! Customize your own casket, outfits, and accessories. Also includes autopsy layers and illustrated stages of decomposition!
Last Words: A Glossary for Death and Funerals
Available now as a FREE download here!
Still writing:
Funeral Fun! Adult Activity and Coloring Book
Embalming For Amateurs: The Casual Reader’s Guide to Dead Bodies and Funerals
Also in progress…
Embalming for Amateurs
Written with the layperson in mind, this fascinating guide describes what goes on behind closed mortuary doors.
How does embalming work? What happens during a cremation? Do bodies really sit up? How are people put back together after traumatic deaths?
A generous helping of honesty and humor make this difficult topic approachable and interesting.
What Readers Are Saying
“Fascinating, educational, and entertaining. The one commonality in all of the lessons is RESPECT. The respect you have for the deceased is absolutely apparent. Thank you for sharing with us.”
— Cathy G., Preview Reader
“I hang on your every word and really love your series (of embalming lessons)!”
—Maggie G., Preview Reader
“You have a gift for presenting technical stuff in an interesting way for people without previous knowledge on the subject.”
—Francisco C., Preview Reviewer
“Louise answers questions I didn't know I had about embalming. She explains in a straightforward and interesting way that makes me want to hear more. It's clear that her decedents are treated with much care and respect.”
—Laura T., Preview Reader
“That was the most informative, complete essay of this subject that I've ever read. I love the little interjections of humor and your complete respect of death and the human body. Thank you for taking the time to educate us flawlessly on such a sensitive subject.”
— Shannon P.
“Thank you for these lessons. Oddly enough they give me so much peace with the passing of friends and family. Obscuring the process for me only amplifies my fear of death and pain brought upon from lost loved ones but reading your lessons brings a transparency to death and that makes it so much easier for me to handle it. It might not be the same for everyone but the more I know, the more I learn the vastness of what I don't know and that thirst for more knowledge gives me life.”
—Anonymous Preview Reader
“(Louise) Pachella’s writing is comprehensive and uncluttered. She effortlessly invites the reader into a curious world of taboo and intrigue, offering the detail we yearn for but are too afraid to ask. From eye caps and AV plugs to alkaline hydrolysis, she walks her reader through the whole process of postmortem care, and in doing so, satisfies the hunger that many of us never knew we were craving. An absolute must-read for anyone who wants a professional and respectful insight with a spattering of fun along the way!”
—Lisa B.
