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Writer Biography
Samuel Maina, who is popularly known as The Literary Alchemist, has been brewing high-quality written content for websites, blogs, and other platforms since 2012.
He boasts an uncanny knack for crafting interesting pieces even on the most mundane of subjects.
If you are looking for engaging travel pieces; informative long-form articles; sizzling product descriptions; captivating blog posts; or any other high-quality written content, he's your man.
His work has appeared on the Huffington Post, Medium, Snapmunk, Overstock, Target, Staples Canada, Best Buy Canada, Bethpage, Zozi.com, Amazon, and elsewhere.
Currently residing in Kenya, Samuel has a Bachelor's of Arts degree in English Linguistics and Sociology from Egerton University.
He is a certified geek, who, when not working with clients, can be found updating his blog with delectable tidbits from the worlds of science and technology.
Ann, his beautiful and remarkably practical wife, keeps him centered, and considering the woefully inadequate nature of his culinary skills, alive as well.
Featured Articles:
Subscribe to The Literary Alchemist's RSS FeedThe Best Time of the Year to Launch Your Business
What is the best time of the year to launch a business? January? December? A particular season? This article looks at the reasons why spring is the ideal time to start a business. | Read More →
Words: 823 Downloads: 0 Category: Entrepreneurship By: The Literary AlchemistNumber Plan Area (NPA): an Overview
What are Number Plan Areas? Who came up with the concept? Do area codes still matter? This article answers these and other related questions. | Read More →
Words: 1668 Downloads: 0 Category: Mobile Phones By: The Literary AlchemistCare Management for the Elderly: the Role of Family and Care Workers
The proportion of the global population aged over 60 years is expected to hit 22 percent by 2050, up from 11 percent in 2000, according to The Lancet. This means elderly care is becoming ever more important. This piece outlines the roles care workers and family play in elderly caregiving. | Read More →
Words: 868 Downloads: 0 Category: Aging By: The Literary AlchemistNetflix Home Improvement Shows Are Ruining My Weekends. Thankfully, They Become Tolerable After the Fifth Beer
Can Netflix home improvement shows ruin your weekend? “Impossible!” you may say. Well, here's a blog post from a first-person perspective explaining how that could happen. | Read More →
Words: 462 Downloads: 0 Category: Blog Entries By: The Literary Alchemist7 Non-Technical Ways of Speeding Up a Slow-Loading Wordpress Site
Primary causes of a poor WordPress site loading performance include large page sizes, poorly coded themes and plugins and improper configuration. While some of these problems require an expert to solve, there are still a number of tweaks that non-developers can easily make to speed things up. This article looks at several of these tweaks. | Read More →
Words: 1211 Downloads: 0 Category: Internet By: The Literary AlchemistAll I Want is You
An anonymous lover noted that “you don't marry someone you can live with — you marry someone you cannot live without.” “You don’t fall in love, you rise in it," to paraphrase a line from Jazz by Toni Morrison. More quotes – and ideas for inspiration – await in this article. | Read More →
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