As part of the Huffington Post's Love Letters Project, Ann Patchett has written a note about Nashville's independent streak that is pure marketing and economic development gold. Check it out here.

The magic of the place is in the people and it seems a disproportionate number of Nashvillians can sing beautifully and play musical instruments. To prove this point we put a piano in our bookstore. People come in, sit down and play. Sometimes they sing. Sometimes people in the store start to sing. That's when I'm certain that Nashville is like no place else in the world.

Local author Ann Patchett is planning to open a Nashville bookstore with business partner and Random House veteran Karen Hayes, The Tennessean reports. Patchett is looking at locations in the Green Hills, Belle Meade and 12South neighborhoods.