the leisure class

I've begun reading Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure class (1973) for a couple of chapters now. 

It is interesting how his approach (in early chapters) is an anthropological and sociological observation, which is different from his comtemporary economists. 

The earliest stage of human society, the primitive savagery or the peaceable, did not enable the emergence of the leisure class. Yet the leisure class began to build up during the transition from such peaceable society into barbarism, or warlike habit of life. 

There were two natures of work in consequense: exploit and drudgery. 

'Exploit' belonged to those of a higher place in society and 'drudgery' was on the opposite. 

The important change was not the frequent of war or how the war was fought, but human's perspective had changed: fight was used to justify or judge facts and events in the society. 

Accordingly, after the emergence of 'ownership', Veblen introduces the concept of 'pecuniary emulation'. It is when human competed to possess private property. People with large ownership (wealth) belonged to the 'exploit'. 

The demand had arisen: the weathy wanted to divorce from productive work. This is not to say that they were indolence, but rather they must maintain their esteem (as a wealthy bunch) by making their wealth evidenced (in non-productive consumption of time)!  

This is the leisure class. 

I have just a question to discuss with AP readers: What about the writer(in Southeast Asia) today? If he already has a full-time job (which is a productive work) but he considers writing as his leisure, whereas he could earn some money by publishing his books. 

Is he a member of Veblen's  leisure class?