"The entire structure of pubs is a slimy way for Medium to get editors free of charge."

I'm an editor and writing coach who specializes in helping Medium writers upgrade their work.

I charge $75/hour and am worth every penny.

It impresses and astonishes me that so many wonderful Medium pub editors are happy to do what I do -- for free!

Of course, some pub editors do minimal editing. And others are crappy editors.

But most of them are really good -- and they put hours into polishing prose and correcting errors and working with Medium writers -- and they're doing it for love, not money.

If all the Medium pub editors decided to sit on their hands for just a week, Medium would collapse.