The state, condition, or role of being an author; the practice or profession of writing.
From 'author' plus the suffix '-hood' (Old English origin, meaning 'condition' or 'state'), similar to 'childhood' or 'priesthood'. The term directly describes what it means to exist as an author.
Authorhood is actually quite different from just writing—it's about claiming creative ownership and responsibility for your work, which is why many oral storytellers and anonymous medieval scribes didn't technically achieve 'authorhood' in the legal sense until copyright laws changed.
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