Darcy Branwyn

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• Hi, we are going to read some more from Robert Greene’s The Art of Seduction. But first, I’m going to read a random selection from my upcoming novel, Enduringly Yours, which will be out in the spring. It’s a historical romance set in Crusader Era England. Okay, so, here are our random…
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• Should I drop out? Peter splayed a hand over his chest. Far be it of me to come between the two of you.
• John snorted, but there was truth in it. Zipporah really was John’s sister now. He was taking her well-being seriously. It made Peter wonder what he’d do to find out that she was likely with child. Licking at her twice would become a death sentence. Gilburn came up to shoot. He was wearing his usual black leather and his hair was tied back out of the breeze blowing over the field. The bruising from his broken nose was gone, but his nose wasn’t as straight as it had been before. Several young ladies murmured to themselves as if more attracted to him than ever…
• Alright, ready? Let’s go. So we left off with the siren. The siren is the most ancient seductress of them all. Her prototype is the most potent of all. She operates on a man’s most basic emotions, and if she plays her role properly, she can transform a normally strong and responsible male into a childish slave. The siren operates well on the rigid, masculine type, the soldier or hero. And here’s another archetype. Just as Cleopatra overwhelms Mark Antony and Marilyn Monroe Joe DiMaggio. The intellectual is often the one most susceptible to the siren call of pure physical pleasure because his life so lacks it. Her magic works. A siren must distinguish herself from other women. She is a valuable prize to be wrested away from other men. She should be slightly elusive and distant. A fantasy come to life. Danger is critical in her seduction. Just as the ancient sailors had to row and steer ignoring all distractions, a man today must work and follow a straight path in life. She is there to lead him off that path.
• We don’t want to use this to hurt anyone, but to use it wisely within a relationship that you already have and you just want to spice it up and have some fun. You could even let your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife, husband know that you have this book, and you know, just subtly, don’t tell them all your plans but there would be some surprise, you know we don’t want to hurt anyone this is just having fun.
• Sirens are often fantastically irrational, which is immensely attractive to men who are oppressed by their own reasonableness. An element of fear is also critical. Keeping a man at a proper distance creates respect so that he doesn’t get close enough to see through you or notice your weaker qualities. Create such fear by suddenly changing your moods. Easy for most of us girls, right? Keeping the man off balance, occasionally intimidating him with capricious behavior. Her physical qualities. She should have a sense of heightened femininity, evoked through makeup or through elaborate and seductive clothing. In their immediacy, the men’s immediacy to have her, they bypass the rational process. So this is the most important part of any seduction, especially for using it in positive ways. It’s getting your mate to let go of reality for a little bit and live in a fantasy that can be very fun and strengthening for a relationship. The siren must stimulate a generalized desire.
• She should make an overall impression that is both distracting and alluring. Her voice to be erotic more often subliminally than overtly. It should have a seductive power that comes from a slow, suggestive delivery. The siren never speaks quickly, aggressively, or at a high pitch. Her voice is calm and unhurried, as if she had never quite woken up or left her bed. The key, overall, is that everything must dazzle, but it must also be harmonious, so that no single ornament draws attention. Your presence must be charged, larger than life, a fantasy come true.
• Ornament is used to cast a spell and distract. The siren can also use clothing to hint at the sexual overtly. She should move gracefully and suggestively and hurriedly as if she had all the time in the world for love. Her symbol is water. The sound of the siren is liquid and enticing and the siren herself is fluid and ungraspable. Like the sea, the siren lures you with the promise of infinite adventure and pleasure. Forgetting past and future, men follow her far out to sea, where they drown.
• Alright, sorry that wasn’t quite as fluid as it normally would be. I can’t seem to talk today. So, it’s what it is. You know me, you get of me what you get of me. Lucky you, right? So that’s all I have today and I hope everybody is having a great month, crazy month, December. Hopefully you can all find some little bit of peace and quiet amidst the bustle and the crazy. I’ll see you later.