An Eclectic Mind

If you need to reach me, please use one of the contact methods on this page.

Support and Frequently Asked Questions

If you have a question regarding one of my books or articles, please consult my Q & A pages. There’s a chance your question may already be answered online. If it is not, you can use a form in the Q & A pages system to ask a question. I try to answer questions within a week.

I do not provide support for my books, articles, Web site, or anything else by e-mail, contact form, Guest Book, U.S. mail, telephone, or fax. There are no exceptions to this rule. I simply cannot provide one-on-one support for my work. The Q & A pages enable me to answer a question once in a forum where many people can benefit from the information. No other form of communication does that.

If you have watched one of my Lynda.com videos and have a question about its content, please use the tools available on that site to ask your question. All support for my Lynda.com courses must go through the Lynda.com site; I will not answer any questions about those courses unless they come from Lynda.com. This is a contractual obligation that I cannot circumvent.

Blog Feedback

If you have a comment about one of my blog entries, use the Comment link or form for the entry to enter it and share it with other site visitors. Rest assured that I’ll read it, too. If I have a response to your comment, that’s where it’ll go. Please do not use the contact form below to comment on a blog post. You will not get a response.

You can also use comments to report a bad link in a blog post. I appreciate any help I can get tracking down and fixing bad links on any of my sites.

To learn more about how comments are handled on this site, please review the information in my Site Comment Policy. It explains how comments are moderated, both automatically and manually. It will probably explain why a comment you posted has not appeared on this site.

Please do not use comments to ask questions about topics covered in my books. That’s what the Q & A pages are for.

Social Networking

I participate in a limited number of social networks. You might find one of these methods helpful to keep in touch and see what I’m up to.

• Twitter. I’ve been an active Twitter user since March 2007. My Twitter name is mlanger. Please understand that I don’t automatically reciprocate follows. I do, however, follow people who are interesting and interact directly with me.
• LinkedIn. I use LinkedIn to keep in touch with people I know through my various profession endeavors. My LinkedIn name is marialanger. I do not accept invitations to connect on Linked in from people I don’t know either directly or through a direct connection.
• Facebook. I am back on Facebook. You can access my Facebook account at http://www.facebook.com/people/Maria-Langer/714561425.

Career Advice/Pilot Jobs

I cannot provide career advice of any kind, whether you want to be a writer or a helicopter pilot. The posts in this blog have all the advice I’m willing to give the public. If you want my advice read them. There’s a pretty good chance that I’ve covered your question here in a blog post.

Special Note to Pilots: My helicopter charter company, Flying M Air, is a single pilot Part 135 operation with barely enough work to keep its single pilot (me) busy. I am not hiring pilots and do not foresee the need to hire pilots anytime in the near or distant future. Do not waste your time or mine contacting me about a job.

Cherry Drying Info

This blog has many posts about my experience as a cherry drying pilot. Due to the highly competitive nature of this unusual, short-seasoned activity, I’ve found it necessary to restrict access to these posts.

There is barely enough of this work for handful of pilots who, like me, have been doing it for years. Each of us have a huge investment in equipment and training. We rely on this work to keep our businesses afloat. I am not interested in providing the information potential competitors can use to push me and my fellow pilots out.

Guest Bloggers

This is a personal blog. It does not accept guest posts.

Contact Form

First, read the above. All of it.

Now read this: I cannot recommend books, tell you about books I haven’t written, provide information about books that have not yet been published (even if writing is in progress), or get you review copies of books. I cannot recommend computer models or software or advise you about software compatibility. I can’t even recommend a consultant who can do these things for you.

Please don’t try to contact me with questions that ask for any of these things; I simply will not respond. If I had a dollar for every e-mail message I got that asked for these things, I’d be very wealthy and have a secretary to read all my e-mail. I’m not and I don’t.

Please do not use the Contact Form below to ask questions about my books, articles, or Lynda.com courses. That’s what the Q & A pages are for. Please use them.

That said, to reach me by e-mail, fill in the following form.