The Author Contact Page Crusade all started from a quote that sliced through the air like a sword-swinging shiny knight.

It happened during a pow-wow with other authors where coffee was poured, and the cake was presented for a round table conversation. 

The result: 66+ Frequently Asked Questions for Authors. 

Actually, there are 77+ questions covering everything from the Yawn list, the Squirm list (that we really wanted to call Questions by Farkwits) and even tips to get more out of this fabulous in-depth list of Author FAQs for YOU.

When the conversation was sliced by a sword…

It was only an offhand comment.

Yet it sliced through the conversation like a sword-swinging knight wearing lots of shiny steel,  where we stopped from licking our plates clean of cake crumbs:

 “…some press coverage is so good it FEELS like getting an award.”  

Besides being picked by Oprah, or those gushing New York Times Critiques, many of us truly know the value of these occurrences for an author.

But then we all swivelled in our seats like spectators at Wimbledon to JK Rowling and those Tweets. You know the ones that stir up controversy —  boosting her sales! Every. Time. All from FREE Press.

But despite all the glitz, glamour, and the cake-fuelled shenanigans for the 66+ Author FAQs, the one big question that raised its ugly head from the deep watery trench like Godzilla suffering from a Mojito hangover…

the one big question that raised its ugly head from the deep watery trench like Godzilla suffering from a Mojito hangover… Share on X

… is the astonishing number of authors who hide their contact page!?!

It’s true.

Do you?

Well, how are the people-pleasing-press going to contact you?

And so, this is where we dog-paddled away from Godzilla to deep dive with the octopuses (Or is that octopi?) to do back flips on jet skis to look at the author’s contact page.

we doggy-paddled away from Godzilla to deep dive with the octopuses doing back flips on jet skis to look at the author's contact page. Share on X

And you should too.

Now, if you are genius enough to read this far down the page, we implore you to take a standoffish peek at your website’s contact page. Inspect it like that snob in a museum and see if your contact page is working for your guests. You’ll never know who’ll come a knockin’.

The Contact Page Crusade Begins

Before we go hire a suit and sword to play shiny knights in the office, check the following articles to help you with your Author Contact Page Crusade:

 Why have you made it impossible for people to contact you?

Your hit list for creating a fabulous Author Contact Page

20 exceptional examples of an author’s contact page

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