Editor Profiles
Meet Gregory Maidman
Senior editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
Gregory Maidman, aka Marcus has a unique editorial style. He builds meaningful relationships with writers by challenging them to improve their craft, often performing line edits.
Writers always appreciate his generous editorial support. They know that line-editing is a costly practice, and Marcus performs this activity for them, donating his valuable time to the growth of writers.
Marcus can step into the author’s voice and improve an article without usurping it as his own. Some writers write about difficult and sensitive topics.
To help them, Marcus ghost-writes sensitive statements as the editor to make sure that these important stories would neither violate Medium guidelines nor subject our publications to complaints protecting writers from misunderstanding.
Moreover, Marcus has helped several writers get their stories chosen for further distribution by improving the quality of content. Here is an example of how he went about that.
Some writers provided praising feedback highlighting his different voices based on the topic and intention of the writers he helps. These two stories received praise from many readers: Suicidal…
