Cat who needs to be groomed but doesn't like it. [View All]

Zelda is a black long haired cat--looks just like the Turkish Angora in the book--but doesn't like to hold still to be groomed. When I try to brush her she runs away. I hate to have to hold her down and make it into an ordeal for both of us.

It's not that her hair gets matted or anything. It's very silky and fine and just falls out--right onto my floors where it makes little black dust bunnies everywhere. I just got through sweeping them all up and need to find a way to get her to like being brushed. She is five years old--I got her a year ago when my son moved and couldn't keep her. I've tried a metal comb, a bristle brush and a plastic bristle brush, but I think because her hair is so fine, she feels them too much directly on her skin. Advice?