Our founding editor is available for freelance editing projects. Please read the categories she’s interested in working on. Email the editor at the email address specified–not at her magazine address. We look forward to hearing from you!
Racquel Sarah Henry fell in love with words when she began reading at the age of three. As a young girl, she spent much of her time in libraries and bookstores. In 2003, Racquel went on to The University of South Florida to study creative writing. She graduated with a B.A. in both criminology and creative writing (with a concentration on fiction). After realizing her love for writing and wanting to teach other writers, Racquel attended Fairleigh Dickinson University where she earned an MFA in creative writing. While at FDU, Racquel served as a reader for the university’s literary magazine, The Literary Review. Since then, Racquel has stayed committed to her writing and editing career.
In 2009 she co-founded Black Fox Literary Magazine where she remains an active co-editor. In 2011 Racquel joined The Florida Writers Association and in 2012 served on the editorial committee for FWA’s short story collection, Let’s Talk. She was also a copy editor and columnist for the national newsletter, La Mensajera from 2011-2016. She is constantly trying to think of ways to help other writers through her writing studio, Writer’s Atelier. Writer’s Atelier has allowed her to conduct classes and workshops to teach writers about the craft of fiction. It has also allowed her to help writers with editing by providing in depth editorial feedback on their current writing projects. She has edited in a wide range of genres since starting Writer’s Atelier and her clients have gone on to obtain agents, win awards in RWA contests, appear in anthologies and literary magazines, and self-publish successful books.
Racquel enjoys submersing herself in all things literary. She is a freelance ghostwriter for romance novels and nonfiction, a board member of The Jack Kerouac Project, an Orlando based writing residency program, a contributing editor for Burrow Press’ Fantastic Floridas, as well as a part-time English and Creative Writing Professor at a local college.
Racquel is the author of the novellas Holiday on Park, Letter to Santa, and Christmas in Cardwick. Her fiction and poems have been published or are forthcoming in Blink-Ink, Zest Literary Journal, Ghost Parachute, Lotus-eater Literary Magazine, Reaching Beyond the Saguaros: A Collaborative Prosimetric Travelogue (Serving House Books, 2017), The Thrill of the Hunt Anthology: Welcome to Whitebridge (Palmas Press, 2017), and We Can’t Help it if We’re From Florida (Burrow Press, 2017), among others. Racquel is currently working on editing her fourth novel. When she’s not working, you can find her watching Hallmark Christmas movies.
Racquel is currently open to select clients in the following categories:
- YA (contemporary)
- Women’s Fiction
- Romance
- Literary Fiction
- Short Stories (contemporary, YA)
- Academic Writing (proofreading only)
Racquel is currently accepting new clients. For more information and editing rates, email Racquel at: racquel@racquelhenry.com.