The twelve types of indie writers on X/Twitter

“Twitter San Francisco Headquarters” by Anthony Quintano (CC-BY-2.0)

One: The carpet bomber

Non-stop tweets and retweets promoting their books, as well as books by their friends. “What you call ‘social media,’ we call ‘free ad space.'” Apparently, there’s no such thing as too many hash tags in a tweet.

Two: The hustler

They pepper your timeline with tweets documenting their perpetual-motion writer’s life: Workshops, retreats, conferences, book signings, phone calls with editors, self...