Sorry, maybe its before my time, but why are we supposed to care where you've been for 2 years?
Perhaps, since CoH players are a tight-knit community, we would care because she's one of us.
If you need more, then because she and her husband have been stanch supporters of the movements to try and buy back the game, as well as the fact that she's a wonderful writer who's put out four books now based on COH characters, all of which are an engrossing read, and a whole world of other fantasy fiction. Seriously, just google Mercedes Lackey.
Speaking of her books, I just finished Collision, and I can quite honestly say I laughed, I cried, I cheered, and I'm already eagerly awaiting #5.