In this in-depth conversation, we cover just about everything: how it happened, her workflow, how she writes (and workarounds to problems), how her site generates revenue, her workouts, and many more details.
She is also PROLIFIC and makes me look like a sloth. From Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde and everyone in between, Maria finds the hidden gems. It’s a treasure trove.īrainPickings is Maria’s one-woman labor of love - an inquiry into how to live and what it means to lead a good life. I read very few blogs regularly, but BrainPickings is one of the few that makes the cut. Maria Popova has written for amazing outlets like The Atlantic and The New York Times, but I find her most amazing project to be .įounded in 2006 as a weekly email to seven friends, BrainPickings now gets more than 5 million readers per month (!). “Why put in the effort to explain why it isn’t a fit, if they haven’t done the homework to determine if it is a fit?”
