Kindle Worlds

Getting paid for writing fan fiction... now there's a neat idea.  Kindle Worlds is Amazon's implementation of that concept and offers writers a similar royalty structure for their stories that take place in the "worlds" of the original authors.

The current selection of intellectual properties available is an odd collection, at least from my point of view.  If I took the notion to write some fan fiction that I might get paid for, G.I. Joe from the old '80s cartoon would be my only choice.  Sadly, my memories of that show is almost 30 years old.