John C. Stickler

Professional writing on assignment

Rio Rico, AZ

Author, journalist, editor, publisher and foreign correspondent, John has done it all. He has written, edited or co-authored 12 books. Available to complete your nonfiction periodical or book project with professional precision . . .

John C. Stickler

Professional writing on assignment

Rio Rico, AZ

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IN MY VIEW: Taking on the 'birth tourism' industry
In January 2013, the Los Angeles Times published an article about pregnant women arriving from the Far East to give birth in Southern California so their babies would qualify for U.S. citizenship. They checked into special "maternity hotels" and their three-month stay included complete natal care and a U.S. passport for the infant before returning to China.
Green Valley News and Sun Publishing
John C Stickler -- eZine book reviews (10)
John graduated from Yale and became the first Peace Corps Volunteer selected from Arizona. Instead of teaching school in the Philippines however, after a disagreement with his draft board, he was conscripted and ended up in South Korea. Taking his discharge in Seoul he established Korea's first international advertising agency and spent 9 of the next 13 years broadcasting news items for the CBS radio network.
eZine Articles
IN MY VIEW: Say yes to Prop. 127, no to fossil fuels
In my October mail I received a newsletter titled The Arizona Advocate. It urged me to vote no on Proposition 127 because, if it passes, my electric bill would go up by 40 percent. The mailer was paid for by the Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association. It followed by a few days a slick, 6x11 postcard bearing a similar message, financed by the same organization.
Green Valley News and Sun Publishing
The Rise of Kau Coffee
Loreto “Lorie” Obra and her husband, Restituto “Rusty” Obra, were unlikely coffee farmers. They had emigrated from the Philippines to New Jersey in 1972 to begin their careers, Rusty as a chemist and Lorie as a medical technologist. However, while visiting his parents in the late 1990s in the Kau District of Hawaii Island, Rusty and Lorie were inspired to take early retirement and try raising coffee in Kau.
Hawaii Business
Thirty Meter Telescope could boost Hawaii Island's economy
The Thirty Meter Telescope, the world’s most advanced eye on the stars, should revive Hawaii Island’s construction industry and provide a high-tech boost to the local economy. A $1.4 billion construction project would be a big deal anywhere in the world, but for struggling Hilo and Hawaii Island’s moribund construction industry, it’s a gift from above – figuratively and literally.
Hawaii Business
Geothermal is a Red-Hot Topic
Many people in Hawaii think geothermal electricity is a great renewable-energy idea, unless you happen to live in Puna, the epicenter of both geothermal and the opposition to it. Some things are almost impossible to oppose: Mom, apple pie and renewable energy. After all, renewable energy promises independence from world oil prices, fewer greenhouse gases and, possibly, lower prices.
Hawaii Business
Hawaii Beekeeping Makes a Comeback
Hawaii beekeepers learn to live with pests that nearly wiped all of them out. “My bees were dying. I was crying. I had 40 hives and 36 of them were dead. My friends said, ‘Find a new job. The bee business is done.’ ”. Diminutive Puna beekeeper Jen Rasmussen recounts the devastation she faced in 2010 when two predatory pests rapidly invaded Hawaii Island.
Hawaii Business
Volcano House Reopens on Hawaii Island
Iconic hotel sits on the rim of the still-active Kilauea Caldera. After standing empty for three years, the Volcano House Hotel is gradually reopening on the rim of the still-active Kilauea Caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The National Park Service closed the lava-stone and ohia-wood structure on Jan. 1, 2010, as its past glory faded below national-park standards.
Hawaii Business

About

John C. Stickler

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editor

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John C. Stickler

OFFICE
775 Pachuca Ctourt
Rio Rico, AZ 85648
johnandsoma@Ymail.com
520-761-0948
SPECIALTIES
Business, travel, book reviews
EXPERTISE
Journalism, biography, editing
PERIODICALS
Advertising Age, Asia Magazine, Coastal Living, Editor & Publisher, Expansion Management, Hawaii Business, International Trade, Korea Times, The Mature Traveler, Museum International (UNESCO), Newsweek, Pacific Travel News, PR Journal, Publishers Weekly, Trade & Commerce (Canada), Tucson Lifestyle, Westways (AAA), Women’s Wear Daily + many others.
BOOKS
Bathala and Sinta, by Mylene Leumin (2019, ed)
The Planet Beneath the Horizon, by David Henschel (2018, editor)
Stripper Bible, by Crystal Vanessa Demopoulos (2017, editor)
Ravished Paradise: Forced March to Nothingness by Mardig Madenjian (2015, editor)
Maya and the Turtle (Tuttle, 2012, with Soma Han)
Answering Kennedy’s Call: Pioneering the Peace Corps in the Philippines (2011, contributor)
Clark Hatch: Fitness Ambassador to Asia (2010, editor, contributor)
Land of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now (Shen's Books, 2003, w/ Soma Han)
Literary Trips (Greatest Escapes, 2001, contributor)
Fodor's Guide to the Southwest's Best Bed & Breakfasts (1996, co-author)
The American Southwest (Berlitz, 1993, co-author)
Exporting to Mexico (The ASM Group, 1992)
Exporting to the USA (The ASM Group, 1992)
ONLINE
GreatestEscapes.com, NeighborhoodAmerica.com
OTHER CREDITS
Nine years filing news reports from Seoul for the CBS Radio Network.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Journalists & Authors
Korea Society
PEN USA
Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Society of Southwestern Authors (past president)
FORMERLY
Editor/publisher, The Mature Traveler (national newsletter)
Editor/publisher, Journal of Applied Management (national magazine)
Public Relations Society of America, past president Southern Arizona Chapter
Int’l Assn. of Business Communicators, past president Southern Arizona Chapter
Public Relations Director, Sheraton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort
AWARDS
South Korea's Morning Calm Medal 2014 for Maya and the Turtle
IPPY Award, one of 12 best 2011 books for Answering Kennedy’s Call
Skipping Stones Magazine 2005 Honor Award for Land of Morning Calm
SATW Western Chapter 2002 Travel Feature Writing Contest: Gold & Silver awards.