Word: authordom
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...when it’s printed in the National Enquirer alongside “Leading Experts Charge: Lovelorn Astronaut Intended to Leave Victim BURIED ALIVE or Even kill Her.” Books bestow a certain legitimacy on their subject matter, giving lower-rung celebrities the validation they lack. Authordom and celebritydom have always had a thriving relationship. It used to be that the literary stars were part of the glittering social elite. Authors like Truman Capote gained access to a whirlwind life of cocktails, beautiful women, and beautiful men because of their writing. But such a life no longer...
...though it’s too soon to say how long he’ll stay in this part of the entertainment industry, Slichter is approaching authordom with the same wry optimism that got him through the Semisonic rollercoaster...
WASHINGTON—You have a creative thesis. You ride the Metro to work in Washington, D.C. These are not incompatible facts. You have read about people who toiled in cubicles for years, suffered long commutes, and emerged from the chrysalis of public transportation into the butterfly fulfillment of authordom, having penned some Great American Novel during the hellish trips. Since during the course of your short life you have had no success following the diligent examples of others, of course this is the time...
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