Today (Whoops, not today, but rather May 13) is the birthday of Daphne du Maurier , author of Rebecca, of course, but also of several other novels and of the short story, “The Birds” which inspired another Alfred Hitchcock movie.

Who could improve on these lines for the beginning of a novel or a movie?
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me.”
Du Maurier also wrote this about authors: Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
And see how obedient I am? Only those of my readers who know me have ever seen or heard me. I am a blog crying in the wilderness, “Read me and be enlightened!”