David Xavier: 3 books

Before the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill brought tens of thousands of prospectors to California, the land was sparsely populated by Californios up from Mexico. It was untamed land. The wild West.Salomon Pico was one of these Californios, the cousin of Pio Pico, the last governor of...

A struggling writer in Paris comes to grips with relationships in an effort to rediscover inspiration.

For a writer who wants to make a mark in fiction it can be intimidating to wonder if we are writing anything worthwhile or meaningful, or how we could possibly say anything that hasn't been said before.This struggle likely has little to do with your skills as a writer.Most fiction advice...