Unka Bobby is long-time liver of these lifestyles, having overseen several Virtual Communities, and a physical group of couples, formed to explore the depths of meaning, emotion, and adoration possible in long-term, committed relationships based on some form of D/s. He's a background in computer sciences, but a passion for the Behavioral Arts.  He's shepherded communities like SubMiss, Guardian Island and Punishment Corner.

In the Fall of 2006, in a combination marriage and legal adoption ceremony atop a windblown sea-cliff, he partnered up with Carolyn Faulkner for the Backside of Love -- in every possible  sense of the words. :)

Carolyn Faulkner is one of best-known professional authors of romantic spanking (and occasionally edgier) fiction. Her stories enthralled online communities like the infamous "soc.society.spanking", where her postings attracted professional publishers, and kicked off a storied career as a full-time professional writer of our favorite topics.

Quickly, the commercial publishing companies learned to buy her work sight-unseen, but the limitations which were often put on her efforts, led her to think about a way to publish her own works, freeing her to express all of the grand spectrum of Backside of Love themes.

Shortly after being adopted and married by Unka Bobby, they embarked on building a world where they could express and share all of the intense, recurring threads which link Domestic Discipline, Adoring D/s, and Intimate Ageplay... and which run through their daily lives together.

M. Alexa has been a writer, and full-time lifestyler in various flavors of D/s for many years. Her fiction (some under pseudonyms) has appeared in both online communities and online magazines for several years. She's a proficient Disciplinarian, bringing a feminine touch and sensibilities to those duties, and favoring neither gender over the other as a charge.

Jennifer K. is an old friend from this lifestyle as well. Years ago she was a member of our SubMiss community, and was inspired by the fiction we shared in that group to start a website of her own. "Jennifer's Punishment Corner" was online for about five years, and I worked with her off and on with some techie help and writing and graphics. It was a very busy place for awhile there, so some of you may remember her. In fact, I happened to've written her motto, "The Art and Soul of Adoring Discipline", which I'm stealing back since she's no longer in the webmistress business. :)

She writes very well from the female bottom perspective, although has to be prodded through her shyness into doing so, and I've pressed her into service here for some brainstorming and to lend a young-lady perspective to help with the (as yet unnamed) advice column.

Jennifer's "Punishment Corner" was a great enthusiast site for many of the Backside-type themes we're here to explore, early in the population boom of the Net (the URL of which was grabbed by some porn conglomerate while she was closed, so don't attribute their tripe to her if you go back to visit).