My first author talk and signing last week, Saturday, taught me a lot about what it means to be a professional author.
Readers can get the story from the pages of your book. What they are interested in is the author as a person, a real human being, and why he/she wrote the book in the first place, what will follow and what they can look forward to in the read.
Sitting in a circle with the readers, was a moment to remember... it was like coming 'full circle' to the journey that had started 9+ years ago. The rewrites and rewrites... not for me... but so that the characters on the page are clear, coherent and concise to the reader. So that I deliver the best product I can and finish with a promise.