Roofing to Writing: A Creative Journey with Dan Ramm

Joining Tom this week is Dan Ramm. Dan is an author, writer, Emmy nominated producer, and business partner with Joe Mantegna at Acquaviva Productions since 2001.

Dan has dozens of credits, including Criminal Minds, Gun Stories (now in season 14, Hollywood Weapons; Fact or Fiction (In season 6), and Booger Bottom USA. He has multiple awards for writing and producing, including 5 Telly Awards, Winner of Best Doc at LA Film Festival 2023 and Impact DOC Award Winner 2023 for Women in Aviation. He’s a producer of the Emmy Winning documentary: Palm Springs Air Museums 25th Silver Anniversary Celebration. As well as the recipient of multiple inner-network awards.

His latest endeavor is a fiction novel called Long Branch. The story of a down and out actor who returns to his hometown of Long Branch Georgia only to find himself in the midst of a conspiracy involving very influential people who will stop at nothing to keep the past buried.

Tom and Dan discuss Dan's professional journey and the important moments that have shaped his path. Dan shared insights like:

“You have to step outside your comfort zone from time to time to see what’s there.”

“If you don’t believe in yourself, how do you expect anyone else to believe in you?”

You can buy a copy of Dan's novel Long Branch here:
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Branch-Never-truth-story/dp/B0D5YTQS8T/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GZR8EOEEU8O9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.K-u9iN9MGSLmAZ1nAJZoQw.ONPbHysRYr9fnKv6Df8w8ZcJcuwpCwnSCjcwUvtymZk&dib_tag=se&keywords=long+branch+dan+ramm&qid=1724762204&sprefix=long+branch+dan+ramm%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1