As Byron George I am the “Alter Ego” of Brian George. I use Byron as the “other side”, he is a gigolo, a libertine, he is what I would like to be if I could completely ‘let go’. The original Byron as “George Lord Byron” was first & foremost a poet, but in his personal life, was a completely risqué character in his own right, although part of the establishment he left England to travel the world, suspected of having sex with his own sister and not choosing between boys or girls on his travels he lived the free thinking life. He was described by a former lover as “mad, bad and dangerous to know” and pursued and loved many. I love his character and therefore felt that I would steal his first name to use for my own. Despite his supposed failings he was considered by his lovers as their “premiere amour” and the use of his name is, I suppose, my tribute to him.

In daily life, in society, I am suspicious of the sanctimonious, the over-religious, the censorious, in society no matter where or which country, the new puritans (I call them) who are trying to turn the clock back on the freedoms we have achieved in the last forty or so years. Witness the rise of militant Islam, and as they achieve more successes to restrict their own, that the Catholics, or the Sikh, or Hindu establishment try to restrict the freedom of speech or the arts. These are hard won freedoms that we must all fight for. My books are based in countries where these freedoms are practised but not accepted, I was told once that in supposed free Holland “not to accept tolerance for acceptance” and I see that in many countries. Therefore Byron for me is the name I chose for my friend, my alter ego, my liberal friend, the eternal lover, the guy who falls in love with everyone he gets close to, and who wants to be loved, what is wrong with that?

Byron George (by himself)

I travel everywhere there is a pay cheque, I am a mercenary, I do whatever in my power to prolong the next country, to not return to the western norms, the over taxed, over regulated society of Bush, Blair, Cameron or whichever self serving politician, under the guise of public service, dictates more and more what is expected of Joe Public. I love countries that live on the edge. I love the fact that in Pattaya, Thailand transgender people can serve in a shop and nobody takes any notice, or gays can walk hand in hand no matter what sex, or women can find a young boy, or married couples can find a lady for a “threesome”, “whatever” the locals have a an expression for it “Up to them”, and why not? It is not all as the western sanctimonious press would have people believe; about trafficking or forced relationships. I have witnessed the same liberality in certain areas of other countries, it is tolerated, because the ‘powers that be’ accept that they cannot drive it completely underground and probably some hypocrites, usually religious zealots, in their own power system wish it.

I write about loving relationships, albeit temporary, but they are always committed with real passion for the other party in that partnership. My travels are the keystone of the story, but the real character is the lover. As a male writer, I treat the female in the story sympathetically and I am conscious of the need to try to create a character that women could relate to and even love. For “Desert Loves 2- For the Love of Si-Si” my manager read the manuscript and told me that she had cried real tears but at the finale, wanted to smack Byron’s bum! I loved that reaction, the fact that I could get real emotion from my writing, and the actual feelings that I intended, was so amazing for me, that my writing could have an effect like that, just made me keep on with this genre.

I want my reader to be sometimes turned on sexually, but also to find themselves in a plausible situation. My intention is to create erotic and sensual situations, not only love stories, I want the sex to be full on but believable, to be beautiful, not sleazy, to be fun and generate the same friendships in the reader that I, Byron, would have to this day with the participants. My stories at the sharp end of these relationships are supposed to be ongoing, and all involved to have full knowledge of the polygamous nature but are all willing adherents’ to the affairs. I do not wish to offend but want all of these stories to be considered as coming from a “good heart”.