Congrats on the website! It's a great step and not an easy one to make. Making a visual location to represent who you are and what you're all about is not as easy as it looks and that's not even taking into consideration having to learn how to build a site and buy a domain and the best ways to drive traffic. Good luck on your journey. It'll be both fun and challenging!
The first thing I like about your site is that it is very clean. I like sites that are easy to navigate without ads and graphics and link lists everywhere. Your site is very easy to navigate and as a reader I appreciate that.
Like the other comments, I am not crazy about the Papyrus font. It is hard to read on my laptop, but better on my desktop. Building a website is tough in that depending on how you're viewing the internet (internet explorer, firefox, etc) and the type of computer being used can really change the way you intended your site to look. A good rule of thumb is that the simpler the text the better. If you look at any blog service like Wordpress, Blogger, or Livejournal, their default font size and font types are the best viewing and reading across the board. That's a good place to start.
I like the font you have your excerpt in. And I really like your excerpt!
One more think about font and font size - consistency. You have a separate font for your main page, your excerpt, and your completed works. The font sizes go up and down, and Events/News looks like it is bolded. I would choose just one size, one font, one style, and keep it similar across all pages.
The best advice I was ever given about building a site/blog, and now the best advice I can give out, is to start going through websites/blogs done by people like you (other author sites), and find things about them you really like. Look at their use of color, the fonts, how they use pictures, what their layouts look like, how they categorize their blog posts, and what extras they keep handy that you as a reader appreciate. Look at who they publish their sites through (usually found at the very bottom of the front page) and look at who designed it for them. That's how you'll find the best look for you with the best service for you.
I don't know how familiar you are with web design and driving traffic, but if you aren't familiar with it you might consider keeping your blog on a blog site like Wordpress, Blogger, or Livejournal to name a few. They offer a lot of excellent options and design help, they create an RSS feed for you, they allow friend connect widgets that help people follow blogs they love, but the best part about them is they are already tied into a network of other blogs. Blogger is very popular and easy to use, Wordpress has the most options, and Livejournal has the strongest community. Going through a blog service makes it easier to find and keep readers. This is just an idea I thought I'd throw out there.
Manning Krull designs websites and has several author websites he's done. The websites I've seen him make are fantastic, well thought out, fun, and really represent the author's personality and the personality of their books. I've used his designs for inspiration on layout and structure (though I am no where near talented enough to do the cool things he can do. (
http://www.manningkrull.com/ )
Dreaming Blog Designs does quite a few book blogger websites I've seen. They tend to be very whimsical and inspired my own site. (
http://www.dreamyblogs.com/ )
VLC Photo does not do websites, but she does design marketing material for books as well as book trailers. She has some EXCELLENT blog posts on design. (
http://www.vlcphoto.net/ )
I hope this helps and good luck! Once you have had your site around for a while, the readers and the comments will come. It will take time though, and often blogs have to show they have been around a while and produce consistent, interesting, useful information before readers will stick around. But give it time and they will come. You are off to a really great start. Keep us posted on how things go!