Chien Chen says that when she is creating she never considers commercial potential. Although she has a basic market, sales of her old books only bring her about NT $ 100-150,000 a year. From this, it's easy to see the financial hardships writers endure.
簡媜說，她創作時從未曾考慮過商業性，雖然擁有基本市場，但過去的著作每一年卻僅能帶給她 10 到 15 萬元的版稅，文學創作的辛苦可見一斑。