Update: Currently we've had to close our household again because of some family issues that we need to focus on. Thank you for understanding.

I wanted to let folks know that our household, Meadows Edge, is now open to considering more adult members for our poly, kinky family with me as head of family and the sole dominant in the group.

Ideally we are looking to add two new family members. A switch but submissive leaning female who can act as a part-time nanny to one of us and serve as personal assistant to me in some fashion. A submissive male who loves bondage for play with another of us and serve as personal assistant to me in some fashion.

Anyone joining us will need to be geeky, exceedingly liberal, extremely honest and open, as well as bisexual. Living close to Bloomington, Indiana, is a must since we do not have the physical space to house more members at this time but want to integrate people as much as possible. Likewise anyone wishing to join us needs to have enough income to not add any financial burden to the rest of the family,

<>We have a process for getting to know folks who are interested in our family and me. We are a package deal.

<>Let me lay out that process because it is not something most people would consider doing. Obviously my slave because he's here. Some others have gone through the entire process and have served me for between 6-18 months. Most that do go through the process do so as a learning experience, leaving at the end with a deeper understanding of what they really want and the ability to go out and find it. In all, over 25 years of this process I've trained more than three dozen men and women.

<>The first step is this what we are doing right now. The second would be to exchange emails and chat that way for a while. Final email steps would be you talking to my slave and my husband in emails as well. Then we'd set up a face-to-face meeting.

<>If that face-to-face goes well we do a test scene.

<>If that goes well, and everyone is agreeable, we embark on a 14-16 week training period that meets weekly face-to-face. It is not for those with time restrictions because it involves not only face-to-face activities but also homework.

<>At the end of that period a decision is made about going separate ways (thank you very much, good luck in your life), continuing training (what my current slave first choose), or some of integration into the household.

I am very, very rarely on Collarme so please do not hope for a conversation on here.  Primarily I am on and even there I rarely have time for private conversations.

(My Latest official bio follows)

TammyJo Eckhart, a dominant sadist, has been consciously active in the BDSM community since 1993 when she moved to NYC to pursue a master’s degree in ancient history at Columbia University. There she became involved in TES (The Eulenspiegal Society) on a semi-regular basis as well as helping found the Columbia University group, Conversio Virium (1994-1997) where she served as Treasurer, Health Service Committee Chair, and finally as Spokesperson. From 1995-1997, she hosted the Applemunch, a monthly dinner for those interested in BDSM living near Manhattan, NYC. For five years (1998-2003) she was the education coordinator for the Indiana University group, Headspace.

Eckhart’s fiction has appeared in anthologies from Circlet Press (SM Futures (1995), Greenery Press (Dreaming in Color (2003), Blue Moon (Color of Pain, Shade of Pleasure (2004), and Ravenous Books (Boys of the Bite (2009) Women of the Bite (2009) an award finalist).

Multiple collections of her own femdom erotica are have been published. Punishment for the Crime (1996) and Amazons (1997) by Masquerade Books, Justice (1999) by Greenery Press, Eroscapes: Erotica from the mind of TammyJo Eckhart (2004) by Wells Street Publisher, Servants of Destiny (2006), Sweet Memories of Pain & the Future of Pleasure (2007) from Nazca Plains, and Mistress Loves Me, This I Know from Python University Productions (2009). Her latest fiction is a trilogy from Circlet Press called Beyond the Softness of His Fur (2015), is fully finished and is available as a single omnibus volume or as three ebooks.

You can find my website here: ://tammyjoeckhart.com/ It was designed and is maintained by my live-in slave.

Eckhart’s non-fiction articles have been published in Laura Antoniou’s Some Women (1995) and in the journals SandMUtopian Guardian and Prometheus. She is or has been a featured book reviewer for KinkyBooks.com, Amazon Vine, Circlet Press, and The New York Journal of Book Reviews. Her reviews have been republished in various magazines such as Power Exchange as well as on various web communities. Her latest non-fiction book is the 2011 NLA-I Geoff Mains Non-Fiction Nominated book At Her Feet: Empowering Your Femdom Relationship co-authored with her slave, Fox.

Her latest trilogy from Circlet Press is now an omnibus paperback book as well. You can learn more about Beyond the Softness of His Fur at her websites below.

She has presented workshops and lectures for college groups and regional conventions for several years and enjoys doing book readings/signings. Please feel free to visit her website currently at ://www.thetammyjo.com OR ://www.tammyjoeckhart.com.

In her writing and in real life, she has been told that she shatters the common stereotypes of dominant women. She has also selectively trained would-be submissives or slaves and mentored some new tops and dominants. As of the winter of 2009, her “kinky family” is comprised of Tom, her husband since 1992, and Fox, her slave since 1999. In the other half of her life, she holds a PhD in ancient history and has published studies on mythology, sexuality, slavery, and pedagogy or the art of teaching.