I was looking something up and stumbled upon something I had written mentioned in a book. The book it A Priest, A Prostitute, and some Other Early Texans by Don Blevins (2016) and the page it cites is http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Adah.html, a little something I had written about Adah Issacs Menkin about 15 years ago.
I became curious and did some hasty searches which uncovered several more of my writings cited in books:
Music and Chess: Apollo Meets Caissa by Achilleas Zographos (2017)
cites: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/archives.html
Congregants of Silence by Geo. Schaller (2012)
cites: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/AristotlesChildren.htm
Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies by Ann Hulbert (2018)
cites: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Lowenthal.html
Best Enemies: Britain and Germany by Richard Milton (2007)
cites: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Staunton.html
Amid the Swirling Ghosts and Other Essays by Wm. Caverlee (2009)
cites: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/archives.html
Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s by John Shelton Reed (2012)
cites: https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/paul-morphy-book-shop
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik (2011)
cites: https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/rices-gambit
Congratulations! You clearly have a level of thought that exceeds the norm!
I've had a similar revelation. I recently wondered if the articles I coauthored in the chemistry journals related to my graduate school research from back in the 1970's were now available for online free.
They are not, but I learrned that it the last 5 years, that research has been cited 40 times in major chemistry journals and books and once in a U.S. Patent Application.
It always feels good to know you've had some consequence on the world!
"The weird part, besides then diceyness of using something I had written as a reference [...]"
From what I can tell, the reliability of your writings is better than quite a bit of stuff that gets "officially" published. Just saying.