Rachel Lefkowitz 7/21/25 Rachel Lefkowitz 7/21/25

Well-Shod

But are sandals really named for sand? As it turns out, they aren’t. …

Rachel Lefkowitz 6/18/25 Rachel Lefkowitz 6/18/25

Comrades

AI’s edit is good, isn’t it? The reader doesn’t need to know that the meetings were on Mondays, and shared goal arguably echoes the campaign idea better than common cause …

Rachel Lefkowitz 5/15/25 Rachel Lefkowitz 5/15/25

Words, Words, Words

J— always asks insightful questions. She wondered, what does authorship mean when machines can write? What is the editor’s role if an algorithm can edit? …

Rachel Lefkowitz 4/3/25 Rachel Lefkowitz 4/3/25

Changing with the Times

Now, a scant seven years later, we are welcoming Chicago 18; copyeditors from all over are reviewing the many changes it introduces …

Rachel Lefkowitz 3/4/25 Rachel Lefkowitz 3/4/25

Copyediting Is Political

I thought I was adapting to changes in our language. I now realize that I was making a political choice.

Rachel Lefkowitz 2/10/25 Rachel Lefkowitz 2/10/25

Moonlight

Seeing Clement Hurd’s illustrations out of context made something jump out that I’d never noticed before …

Rachel Lefkowitz 1/14/25 Rachel Lefkowitz 1/14/25

Walk On

But as a copy editor, my job is to make this sentence more accessible to the reader. …

Rachel Lefkowitz 11/1/24 Rachel Lefkowitz 11/1/24

Good Manners

It's a valuable reminder of the importance of proper punctuation in academic and professional contexts. …

Rachel Lefkowitz 10/7/24 Rachel Lefkowitz 10/7/24

Technicolor

"You curate visual content?" she asked. Who knew that the task had a name? …

Rachel Lefkowitz 9/18/24 Rachel Lefkowitz 9/18/24

The Art of Freelancing

Later, I see her perspective. But she’s wrong: I don’t work for myself …

Rachel Lefkowitz 8/9/24 Rachel Lefkowitz 8/9/24

Rules and Rulers

Copyeditors are naturally rule followers, yet a book I am a reading suggests that there may be play in those rules …

Rachel Lefkowitz 7/4/24 Rachel Lefkowitz 7/4/24

Teamwork

How many people does it take to publish a book? The name we are most familiar with, of course, is the author’s. But if you turn to the copyright page …