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I'm Ryan Ferguson, a writer, author, blogger and journalist from Wirral, England. My journalism has been published by the Guardian, BBC Sport, Liverpool Echo, These Football Times and Montreal Gazette, among other publications. I have also been featured by MLB.com, Optimal Living Daily and The New York Post, while earning citations from Wikipedia, CBS Sports, The Athletic, Wirral Globe and Wirral Council. I’m the published author of three books, including Planet Prentonia: The Real Story of Tranmere Rovers, and Meltdown: Why the World is Wounded, and How We Can Save Our Mental Health. I’m the founder of Planet Prentonia, a blog dedicated to Tranmere Rovers that gained over 4,000 followers at its peak. I love the written word – in all forms and for all audiences. Writing is my greatest passion, and its therapeutic joy permeates the work I produce. In this complicated age of internalised capitalism and hyper hustle, we feel obliged to monetise everything – especially our hobbies. I see things differently, though. I adhere to a different model where content from the heart wins over content optimised for profit. I now write purely for pleasure, rather like the amateur fisherman who spends a day at the pond simply because he enjoys it, and I do not reverse-engineer the creative process to make money from clickbait. Rather, I simply love the creative process of waking up each morning and writing stories.  I’m fully independent, and my work is not beholden to censure from conflicted third parties. I pursue the projects from which others shy away, mining unconventional spaces for quirky, forgotten, untold and hard-hitting stories. I write whatever is on my mind, whenever the creative muse visits, and my output is reminiscent of 2000s blogging – witty streams of consciousness mixed with passionate features and columns. As a contemplative introvert, writing is my outlet to a healthy mind and fulfilled ambition. I spend hours in blissful happiness, writing without expectation, pressure or external influence. If people derive joy, education or enlightenment from my work, that is a happy coincidence. And if they do not? Well, I continue writing regardless.