authorling

English

Etymology

From author +‎ -ling.

Noun

authorling (plural authorlings)

1. A young or insignificant author.
   • 1839, Eliza Leslie, The Behaviour Book: a manual for ladies, page 263:

     It is true that authorlings and poetizers are apt to affect eccentricity. Real authors, and even real poets, (by real we mean good ones,) have generally a large portion of common sense to balance their genius […]