More Insights from Starry Starry Night by D.K. Till
Interview with Tree, time-traveling heroine from Starry Starry Night, Book I in the new series Time Passengers.
Hello, Tree. I understand you hail from the year 2120 and the newly formed nation of Normerica.
Hello, friends. Yes, Normerica was formed in 2070 and combined the US, Canada, and Mexico into one big nation.
And you live in the state of Cascadia.
Yes, my state used to be split between Oregon and Washington. Now it’s one big mega-state, as you can see from the map below.
So tell us about your travels through time. What was your most memorable trip?
I’ll never forget my trip back to 1995 Portland, when I finally learned who’d been responsible for the notorious murder at Falling Star Inn. Wow, I could not believe my eyes when I saw…
Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert!
You’re right, sorry. I almost gave away the big reveal. I’ll let you read it for yourself.
Where else have you traveled?
I’ve traveled to the future and to the past. And as you might suspect, life is better in many ways in the future. However, I can’t say the same for people. Human nature isn’t getting any better. 
That’s unfortunate. What are some ways life is better for you in 2120 than it is for us in 2025?
We have desalinated ocean water to drink so we’ll never run out of water. And we have supertrees, “engineered to grow faster, taller, wider than natural trees.” They keep us cool during our hot, hot summer months, and shelter us from winter storms.
How far back in time are you able to go? For instance, could you travel back to the time of Christ?
Our time machine will not let us go further back than October of 1969. Why, you ask? It’s all explained in the book!
I understand cars are obsolete in your world. How do people transport themselves?
In autopods that fly on remote control technology and solar power! “The autopod lifts into the air like a twenty-first-century helicopter.”
Let me introduce you to my story! You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Starry-Night-Time-Passengers-ebook/dp/B0DC756CYN/
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Starry Starry Night: Time Passengers, Book I
2019 – Paige Ferguson and her husband, Kyler, are enjoying life as newlyweds when they learn she is pregnant with twins. Her new friend, Katrice, offers a fun diversion when she asks Paige to read her time-traveling story. When Katrice disappears, Paige’s search for answers cause her to question everything she thought she knew about her friend. Who was Katrice? A dabbler in the dark side of life, or an ordinary girl who fell victim to a dangerous villain? A serious pregnancy complication threatens Paige’s future with Kyler and her babies. Will she survive childbirth, and will she ever see Katrice again?
2120 – The USA has disappeared, security robots roam everywhere, and cars are a thing of the past. Tree and her boyfriend, Glim, like all citizens of the new nation of Normerica, live in dorms and travel in flying autopods. Glim has perfected the science of time travel, and they set out to explore the future and the past. Curious about an ancient murder that impacted Tree’s family, they travel back in time in hopes of altering history. But Tree suspects there’s more to the story when Glim starts behaving oddly. So she follows him into the past. What she finds there flips her world upside down. If she returns to her home year, her very life could be at risk. Will she stay trapped in the past, or will she find a way to escape the peril awaiting her?
Welcome to the world of D. K. Till, where The Future and The Present collide.
D.K. Till writes Split-Time Fiction With A Twist, a blend of the dual timeline fiction she enjoys mixed with a big helping of the sci-fi she loved as a child. The indie author from the land of microbrews and coffee snobs fell in love with reading in kindergarten when her older sister taught her to read. She used to impress her parents’ friends by reading aloud the entire short story The One Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. In first grade, she knew she wanted to write stories, too. Throughout her childhood and teens, she either had her nose in a book or was attempting to write one.
But life got in the way, marriage and children set her dreams aside for higher purposes. Today, with children grown and retirement pending, she’s reopened that dream package and is now living the life she had only imagined.
The author is a huge fan of the Back to the Future trilogy, inspiring her to write time travel, too. Thus the Time Passengers series was born. A classic rock lover, she plans to name her titles after hit rock songs of the 70s. After the release of Starry Starry Night, be on the lookout for books #2 and #3, Midnight Rider and Nights in White Satin. Learn more at https://dktill.com.
