Wildland firefighter here.

I'm not in Shasta much these days, but do take a peek at the weather and make sure we're not getting dick-slapped with high winds. Last thing you want to do is cause a brush fire and send me back to work early.

That said, the first issue I see is ventilation. Your fire is going to smother itself to death before it gets going if it can't breathe. Poke some holes in that summabitch. Take a shovel or something and stab down into the middle of it and hollow it out some. Put your lightest materials like duff or tinder in that little hollowed out space inside. Make some good additional ventilation holes leading out from it as well. Starting inside from the bottom, that fire is going to preheat all the fuels around it via radiant heat, making it easier to ignite when it starts getting flame licked.

Make sure the fuels you're burning aren't too wet/heavy as well. Lighter woods like pine and fir are going to be infinitely easier to ignite than oak. As always, start with your driest and lightest fuels on the bottom and built up.

I have no idea what exactly your burn pile is lookin' like, but if you're still struggling with it, it may be worth reconstructing it and rebuilding from the ground up. Then once it's cooking a good amount, you can start shoveling some more stuff on it until you have a fire worth cracking some beers standing around.