Making twitter work for you

Twitter took me ages to get used to. I only had a handful of followers for the first 6 months.
Once I started really following other writers I learned alot. These are my observations.
I have alot of self published writers following me. I do not have a book published as yet.
Some writers follow and constantly plug their books, sending private messages with the links. I personally find this off putting.
Then there are the writers who i love. They tweet to say hello, use my name, tell me they have read my blog. They don`t send me links for their books because they don`t have to. These writers plug other writers books, they retweet other writers, mention other writers. You know what they say about give and you will receive. These writers get their books to many more followers this way.
If you had a friend who had written a book, you would want to read it. You would want to check out their blog.
I love twitter and there are many of my followers who are a joy to follow. I really want them to do well.