Chapter Titles: Yes or No?

opinion pollHi, Everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t written in a while. I won’t be writing every week, but when inspiration hits, there will be a new post and I hope you’ll visit.

When you’re reading a book, do you like chapter titles or not? I realized recently that I love them.

I’m obsessed with Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. I’m on the third book, Voyager. When I read the title of the chapter I’m on now, “I Meet a Priest,” it sparked so many questions. Where will she meet this priest? When? What role will he play in her life?

So, as part of my efforts to present a new and improved version of my book, Is This All There Is?, to my wonderful new publisher, Booktrope, who I’m so grateful to for taking me on, I decided to add chapter titles.

I reread the book and created titles that would either convey the overall theme or one critical moment in each chapter.

I’ll share the chapter titles I came up with below.

But first, will you please answer my question quickly in the comments? Do you like chapter titles or not and why? It’s okay to disagree! I know you’re all readers and many of you are writers as well, so I’d love to know what you think.

Oh, and I’m also hard at work on the sequel, so I hope you’ll read it when it’s ready. I’m shooting for this summer.

One last thing… here’s a fabulous resource my brilliant book manager, Sárka-Jonae Miller shared with me. Title Case Universal Converter You can paste any text into it and it’ll tell you the proper title case!
Thanks for reading,

Patricia

New Chapter Titles for Is This All There Is?

Chapter 1: No Kiss for Me

Chapter 2: Childhood Memories

Chapter 3: A Dinner Date

Chapter 4: Distracted Mommy

Chapter 5: An Unexpected Change

Chapter 6: Let’s Dance

Chapter 7: Playing With Fire

Chapter 8: The Aftermath

Chapter 9: Weaning Wars

Chapter 10: Guilty Pleasure

Chapter 11: Finding an Accomplice

Chapter 12: A Surprise Visit

Chapter 13: Sudden Interest

Chapter 14: Cyberspace Meetups

Chapter 15: Confession

Chapter 16: Cheating Fathers

Chapter 17: Who Will You Be?

Chapter 18: Psychic Predictions

Chapter 19: Mothers’ Worst Fears

Chapter 20: Letting Boys Be Boys

Chapter 21: Haunting Dreams

Chapter 22: Three Little Words

Chapter 23: Crossing Over

Chapter 24: Silly Love Songs

Chapter 25: Letting Go

Chapter 26: Caught

Chapter 27: Lies Become Truth

Chapter 28: Consequences

Chapter 29: Anger’s Lust

Chapter 30: Cutting Off Contact

Chapter 31: No More Pretending

Chapter 32: Help Arrives

Chapter 33: Endings and Beginnings