User Stories - Ulysses

How Ulysses helped Australian explorer Yvonne Everett write a 4WD guidebook

Yvonne Everett loves hiking, biking and off-road exploring in Australia. She shares stories of her trails on her website, CoffsTrails, and has published two guidebooks. Yvonne explains how she used Ulysses to meet the complex requirements of authoring a 4WD guidebook.

The Demystification of a Ghostwriter Who Loves Storytelling

Initially starting as a freelance journalist and then switching to (ghost-)writing books full-time, Tim Van der Mensbrugghe has been writing for over 20 years. In this interview, he has demystified the perception of a ghostwriter and how he could write eight books a year with Ulysses.

Young Singaporean entrepreneur John Lim builds resilience and hope into young peoples’ lives through writing

Despite claiming to be a writer, what John Lim does is more like a young entrepreneur with a sense of responsibility to society. Originally from Singapore, John loves to explore and think, and he writes to inspire young people with confidence and power in their career and life paths.

Japanese lifehack blogger and climatologist Masatake E. Hori, “small habits would change life if applied consistently.”

Born in the US but returning to Japan after graduating high school, Masatake E. is currently a climatologist at the University of Tokyo. However, his all-time favorite writing topic is lifehacks. For him, "lifehacks" would change life if applied consistently.

Parenting Blogger Marty: "Writing Helps Me Memorise Special Moments With My Kids"

Marty is from Hong Kong and is a father of two. As he transitioned to fatherhood, Marty began to write his parenting blog post. Last year, he published his first book. For him, the publication of this book was not only to share his parenting experience with others but to keep this exclusive memory.

Author and Entrepreneur Suman Dubey: “Sometimes Not Getting What We Desperately Want Can Be the Best Thing”

Suman Dubey’s working career has spanned over 24 years, various job types and has taken him to several continents. Despite his success, the now author and entrepreneur felt like a misfit for …

The Well. Writing a PhD Thesis in Ulysses (and a Couple of Other Apps)

Maciej Jakubowiak discovered Ulysses when he was working on his dissertation. He moved all his writing into the app and eventually realized that it is the only tool he needs. In this post, the Polish book author and essayist reflects the findings on the way to his current writing process.

A Fiction Authors Writing Process in Ulysses

Sean Willson is a software engineering manager with a weakness for science fiction. In a previous blog post, the author of six books shared how he finds time to write despite having a …

Software Engineering Manager and Author Sean Willson: “Have Faith in Yourself. You’re Doing Better Than You Realize”

Although Sean Willson struggled with English classes throughout his high school and college career, he has now published an entire science fiction book series. Here’s how he finds the time to write …

Online-course Expert and Marketing Strategist Janelle Allen: “I Truly Believe That Discipline and Structure Create Freedom”

Janelle Allen had worked as an instructional designer before, in 2016, she founded her own business, where she helps course creators sell online. Her recipe for success: discipline and structure. How these two …

Book Author and Essayist Maciej Jakubowiak: “Why Are We so Insistent in Talking About the End of the World?”

When Polish author, essayist and editor Maciej Jakubowiak started working on his book “Ostatni ludzie. Wymyślanie końca świata” (“The Last People. Inventing the End of the World”) in 2019, there wasn’t any …

Editorial Webmaster and Author Julia March: “I Don’t Believe in the Muse Thing”

Julia March completed her first book “La fille pas sympa” in just nine months. “A piece of cake”, as she describes it compared to her Master’s thesis. In our interview, Julia explains why she recommends enrolling in humanities to anyone who considers a career around writing.

Scientist and Author Tim Gregory: “Stories Are One of the Ways That We See and Understand the World”

Tim Gregory works as a nuclear scientist, holds a PhD in cosmochemistry and believes in the problem-solving power of science. He’s fascinated with meteorites, the “stones from outer space” that reveal what happened as our Solar System was forming some 4.6-billion-years ago.

Translator and Productivity Coach Max Jiang: “Writing Is a Daily Routine That Can’t Be Skipped”

Taking control over his time once helped Max Jiang take control over his life. As a consequence, he turned encouraging others to do the same into his mission. Writing plays an important role in his life, as it allows him to share his ideas, effectively communicate with others, and find clarity.

How Ulysses Helped Executive, Startup Founder and Author Rebekah Bastian Write Her Book

Rebekah Bastian wrote her book “Blaze Your Own Trail” as a side project while serving as a corporate executive; later, the impulse led her to found a company. Both the book and her business aim to support women to follow their own individual path in life, as she explains in our interview.

TV Host and Book Author Ralph Caspers: “It’s cool that Ulysses exists. It makes my life much easier and simpler”

Ralph Caspers is the host of two of the most well-known German children’s TV programs. He has been doing this for so long that everyone at Ulysses knows who he is: either because they watched his shows when they were younger or because they have children who watch them now.

“A Typewriter That I Can Carry Anywhere”

Around six years ago, German consultant Claus Wechselmann started writing novels, the first of which was published this April. For Claus, writing is an expression of his soul, for which he gladly sacrifices the small amount of free time his demanding career leaves him.

Book Author Antony Dapiran: “Ulysses Was Indispensable”

Antony Dapiran is an Australian writer who has been residing in Hong Kong for many years. In our interview, he talks about his attraction to Hong Kong, the gradual transition from lawyer to writer, and the process of writing his latest book about the protests in the city in 2019.