Go to the mail app and open mail preferences. Then, under accounts, hit the + button. Select "iCloud" and input the log-in information. Select ONLY the mail icon. Then hit "Add Account".
By going through the mail app preferences instead of System Preferences you can avoid dealing with all of the iCloud options. Here is a picture of what it looked like when I added a second iCloud mail account. On the left side in the list of accounts you can see two iCloud icons (boxed in red):
Hello!
I would like to create a secondary iCloud email address for work. Furthermore, the the email address currently associated with my Apple ID is an old one that I would like to change, however, I don't know where to create just the iCloud email address and not a completely new Apple ID.
How do I do this if it is possible at all?
Thanks!