Martha Bechtel
@martha.net
Writer, artist, gamer, model horse addict, crafting-crafter-that-crafts... Looking for a digital home where I can talk hobbies and geek out. (Martha.net)
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New year's resolution to get back on the treadmill and check off the guild-of-one achievements is a go! 1.5mph in 15 minute chunks means I'll get all my alts to 80 slooooowly but surely.
(Did I forget that it's an Alli guild and level some of my Horde alts first by mistake? Why yes, yes I did. 🤦♀️)
(Did I forget that it's an Alli guild and level some of my Horde alts first by mistake? Why yes, yes I did. 🤦♀️)
January 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM
New year's resolution to get back on the treadmill and check off the guild-of-one achievements is a go! 1.5mph in 15 minute chunks means I'll get all my alts to 80 slooooowly but surely.
(Did I forget that it's an Alli guild and level some of my Horde alts first by mistake? Why yes, yes I did. 🤦♀️)
(Did I forget that it's an Alli guild and level some of my Horde alts first by mistake? Why yes, yes I did. 🤦♀️)
I swear the random things I learn on Bluesky just boggles the mind some days... 🤯 (I have no idea when this new knowledge will be -useful- but I am 100% going to deploy it in random conversation forthwith!)
Heard from Tanner Mierow at #SICB2026 about the mutualisms between snapping shrimp and gobies.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout.
But who asks who out here?
Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I swear the random things I learn on Bluesky just boggles the mind some days... 🤯 (I have no idea when this new knowledge will be -useful- but I am 100% going to deploy it in random conversation forthwith!)
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🌛🐙 Evander the Starry Night Octopus 🎨 Sculpted from poly clay 🐙✨
#ArtistsOnBlueSky #Art #ArtYear #Artists 🦑🐡
#ArtistsOnBlueSky #Art #ArtYear #Artists 🦑🐡
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
🌛🐙 Evander the Starry Night Octopus 🎨 Sculpted from poly clay 🐙✨
#ArtistsOnBlueSky #Art #ArtYear #Artists 🦑🐡
#ArtistsOnBlueSky #Art #ArtYear #Artists 🦑🐡
The less fun side of a micro-micro-business is dealing with accounting procrastination. (In my defense, I sold almost nothing last year, but income is income.) ((Woo?))
So time to figure out the 2025 financials, onwards!
(This old Camera Angles strip seems apropos... 🔥🤦♀️🔥)
So time to figure out the 2025 financials, onwards!
(This old Camera Angles strip seems apropos... 🔥🤦♀️🔥)
January 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The less fun side of a micro-micro-business is dealing with accounting procrastination. (In my defense, I sold almost nothing last year, but income is income.) ((Woo?))
So time to figure out the 2025 financials, onwards!
(This old Camera Angles strip seems apropos... 🔥🤦♀️🔥)
So time to figure out the 2025 financials, onwards!
(This old Camera Angles strip seems apropos... 🔥🤦♀️🔥)
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A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
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Call me old-fashioned, but I truly believe that exploring the catacombs together with torches in hand beats “dinner and a movie” any day of the week.
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Call me old-fashioned, but I truly believe that exploring the catacombs together with torches in hand beats “dinner and a movie” any day of the week.
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A comic about feelings!
Now with previously unreleased BONUS panel! 👇
Now with previously unreleased BONUS panel! 👇
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A comic about feelings!
Now with previously unreleased BONUS panel! 👇
Now with previously unreleased BONUS panel! 👇
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I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.
Have needle. Have thread. Have scraps of paper. Have free will. Have made a notebook.
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I say this often but it bears repeating: if you make your money from creating art then you NEED to find an art or craft where you just do it for fun and don't try to be perfect or make any money from it, and when anyone tells you to monetise it you say 'No', because otherwise your soul will die.
I -almost- have the next chapter of An Ode to Normal done and today's #WIPSnips lined up well with a silly convo from an earlier chapter! 😁
(And I am on team-Slinky, Spots is just species-ist)
(And I am on team-Slinky, Spots is just species-ist)
January 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I -almost- have the next chapter of An Ode to Normal done and today's #WIPSnips lined up well with a silly convo from an earlier chapter! 😁
(And I am on team-Slinky, Spots is just species-ist)
(And I am on team-Slinky, Spots is just species-ist)
One of the projects that I wanted to work on this year was cleaning up (and properly backing up) my writing archives.
To give you an example of this chaos, I have just shy of 600 fanfics (mostly drabbles) scattered about and unknown horde of non-fanfic that's even less organized.
To give you an example of this chaos, I have just shy of 600 fanfics (mostly drabbles) scattered about and unknown horde of non-fanfic that's even less organized.
January 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
One of the projects that I wanted to work on this year was cleaning up (and properly backing up) my writing archives.
To give you an example of this chaos, I have just shy of 600 fanfics (mostly drabbles) scattered about and unknown horde of non-fanfic that's even less organized.
To give you an example of this chaos, I have just shy of 600 fanfics (mostly drabbles) scattered about and unknown horde of non-fanfic that's even less organized.
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The final Whimsical Horse Wednesday of 2025 is a lovely unicorn mare and foal pair.
#modelhorse #breyerhorses #unicorn
#modelhorse #breyerhorses #unicorn
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The final Whimsical Horse Wednesday of 2025 is a lovely unicorn mare and foal pair.
#modelhorse #breyerhorses #unicorn
#modelhorse #breyerhorses #unicorn
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had some great dramatic sunlight today and took some photos for funsies :D
#art #modelhorse #sculpture
#art #modelhorse #sculpture
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
had some great dramatic sunlight today and took some photos for funsies :D
#art #modelhorse #sculpture
#art #modelhorse #sculpture
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Welp, a small progress is still progress 😅
#modelhorse #horses #schleich #collecta #modelhorsecustom #breyer
#modelhorse #horses #schleich #collecta #modelhorsecustom #breyer
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Welp, a small progress is still progress 😅
#modelhorse #horses #schleich #collecta #modelhorsecustom #breyer
#modelhorse #horses #schleich #collecta #modelhorsecustom #breyer
I spent time drafting up daily/weekly/monthly planner pages for the new year... and have barely used them. 🤦♀️(sigh)
Work still hasn't given me any assignments (everyone else is still on vaca), so time to plan out some of my own NestJs/React projects for next week.
Progress-ish!
Work still hasn't given me any assignments (everyone else is still on vaca), so time to plan out some of my own NestJs/React projects for next week.
Progress-ish!
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I spent time drafting up daily/weekly/monthly planner pages for the new year... and have barely used them. 🤦♀️(sigh)
Work still hasn't given me any assignments (everyone else is still on vaca), so time to plan out some of my own NestJs/React projects for next week.
Progress-ish!
Work still hasn't given me any assignments (everyone else is still on vaca), so time to plan out some of my own NestJs/React projects for next week.
Progress-ish!
Home again from Cmass traveling and slowly unwinding to face the new year.
I have too many things I want to do in 2026 and not enough weeks to fit them in. 🤔 ... Which is true of all years I suppose. 😅
I have too many things I want to do in 2026 and not enough weeks to fit them in. 🤔 ... Which is true of all years I suppose. 😅
December 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Home again from Cmass traveling and slowly unwinding to face the new year.
I have too many things I want to do in 2026 and not enough weeks to fit them in. 🤔 ... Which is true of all years I suppose. 😅
I have too many things I want to do in 2026 and not enough weeks to fit them in. 🤔 ... Which is true of all years I suppose. 😅
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Granted, people can assert that reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula in a dimly-lit café in Prague on a snowy day whilst having multiple cappuccinos and croissants “won’t fix you”, but they’re failing to understand an undeniable truth:
It certainly can’t hurt.
It certainly can’t hurt.
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Granted, people can assert that reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula in a dimly-lit café in Prague on a snowy day whilst having multiple cappuccinos and croissants “won’t fix you”, but they’re failing to understand an undeniable truth:
It certainly can’t hurt.
It certainly can’t hurt.
I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas if they celebrate and a lovely Thursday if they don't! ❤️🎄
December 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas if they celebrate and a lovely Thursday if they don't! ❤️🎄
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May we all #survive the Christmas festivities and I hope your pants still fit by New Year's Eve 😂
#vss365
#MerryChristmas #FelizNavidad #Santa
#vss365
#MerryChristmas #FelizNavidad #Santa
December 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
May we all #survive the Christmas festivities and I hope your pants still fit by New Year's Eve 😂
#vss365
#MerryChristmas #FelizNavidad #Santa
#vss365
#MerryChristmas #FelizNavidad #Santa
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What's the over/under on that donkey being named "Pancakes" I wonder 🤔
Waffles, coming through! 🧇 This spunky little pony, sculpted and designed by Laura-Skillern Sailer, is coming to the Premier Collection in 2026! He joins Georgina and Carmen to round out our 2026 Premier Club offerings! Don't miss out on this fabulous collection of models. https://ow.ly/nySG50XJUyn
December 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What's the over/under on that donkey being named "Pancakes" I wonder 🤔
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*whispers in your ear*: buy the book!
December 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
*whispers in your ear*: buy the book!
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Work waited until 5:04 on a Friday to confirm that I still had a job on Monday.
...it's been a fun few weeks.
But on that note the Quirrell prequel fic is completely posted and it's back into the Ode to Normal drafts!
archiveofourown.org/works/74370801
...it's been a fun few weeks.
But on that note the Quirrell prequel fic is completely posted and it's back into the Ode to Normal drafts!
archiveofourown.org/works/74370801
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Work waited until 5:04 on a Friday to confirm that I still had a job on Monday.
...it's been a fun few weeks.
But on that note the Quirrell prequel fic is completely posted and it's back into the Ode to Normal drafts!
archiveofourown.org/works/74370801
...it's been a fun few weeks.
But on that note the Quirrell prequel fic is completely posted and it's back into the Ode to Normal drafts!
archiveofourown.org/works/74370801
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I should have photographed this one while it was snowing. Ah well! Whimsical Horse Wednesday continues ✨️
#modelhorse #breyerhorses
#modelhorse #breyerhorses
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I should have photographed this one while it was snowing. Ah well! Whimsical Horse Wednesday continues ✨️
#modelhorse #breyerhorses
#modelhorse #breyerhorses