“He should take care to produce books at regular short intervals . . . At least once a year, and oftener if possible, a good solid well-made book should be flung into the libraries.”
– Arnold Bennett, from How To Be An Author
So, if you’ve written a book and want it to be successful, the best thing to do is go back to your desk and write another . . .
I think it was Arnold Bennett that wrote ‘The Card’ and where my Nana lives all the streets were named after characters and places in that book.