Lois’s answer to “Recently reread both Capt V'sA and GJatRQ. Started speculating that the trip Miles went on just af…” > Likes and Comments

A year is any length you determine, I believe. Since you are the inventor of your universes I suspend reality. Just like you sometimes have to do in movies. Isn't that why one reads? To escape the reality of your world. I like to use my imagination during novels and take myself somewhere else.
Greetings by the way from your longtime Ohioian librarian but still a fan. I retired to Washington state.