Mark would undoubtedly take that as a compliment.
A good writer strives to write it as he would say it. It should read as it would be spoken.
In fact, if I am not mistaken, Mark doesn't "write" his articles. He dictates them to a steno.
Re: “Mark doesn’t “write” his articles. He dictates them.”
Earle Stanley Gardner dictated all 82 of his “Perry Mason” novels.