Creative inspiration
I have a personal Tumblr blog, called Alex’s Creative Daydream (it’s where the company name came from!). I don’t post very often, but I do visit the blog every day. You see, I use it as a kind of...
View ArticleLetting your imagination run wild
I’ve been working on a proposal for a virtual world recently. The brief is to outline some initial thinking about a virtual world and how a child might interact with it. It’s been a tremendous exercise...
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Ten things I have learnt so far
On this rather cold Friday afternoon, I’ve come to a pause in my work. Some of my projects have finished and others are in various stages of waiting. So I thought I’d make myself a cup of coffee with...
View ArticleSolving a problem
A while ago, Emma Coats, a Pixar Story Artist, published a list of 22 top tips for storytelling. There are some great ideas in there (check it out here, though it’s been widely reported and reblogged,...
View ArticleReally flying
I was away recently, volunteering on a residential for young people. It’s a creative arts holiday, where young people can take part in everything from painting to dance, from musical theatre to...
View ArticleChildren’s story Bibles and why we give our children such rubbish
I recently wrote an article for Childrenswork Magazine which required me to read children’s story Bibles for review. And I mean lots of children’s story Bibles. My desk was groaning under the weight of...
View ArticleProgress on the novel front
A few months ago I blogged about writing a novel (well, rather ambitiously, I announced my intention to create a seven-book series). I have been writing since then, but I’ll admit that it’s not been...
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Thinking big!
Recently I completed a project for Scripture Union to create their stand at the Hand in Hand conference in Eastbourne. SU had secured a large, but strangely laid out space in the conference venue,...
View ArticleGelatin-based confectionery and other lessons
Well, Creative Daydream has been going for 18 months and I’ve learnt quite a lot. Particularly: 1 I have little self-control if there’s an open bag of marshmallows in the house. 2 If you’re going to be...
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Highgate, Halloween and High-frequency High Jinx
I’ve just realised how long it has been since I updated my blog, how very lazy of me. I have been quite busy, mind you, so that’s some sort of excuse. I thought I’d fill you in on the kind of things...
View ArticleOne (challenging) singular sensation
Last week, I got to indulge one of my worst character traits – I’m a terrible show-off – by performing in the musical, A Chorus Line. Set in a theatre in 1975, it follows a group of dancers auditioning...
View ArticleThree is the magic number
On 5 November 2012, I officially started my own business. I became self-employed, freelance, whatever you call it. And it was perhaps the most un-thought-through thing I have done. Looking back, I can...
View ArticleEveryone’s a winner baby
I’m a winner! I know, me! Well, not just me. The game that I write, Guardians of Ancora, produced by Scripture Union, won two gongs at the recent Premier Digital Awards. I wasn’t there, so I missed out...
View ArticleWhat can Creative Daydream do for you?
OK, it’s been a while. I haven’t blogged for a few months, so I’m back! I thought it was high time that I wrote about some projects I have recently worked on, so that you had some idea of what I could...
View ArticleHappy (belated) birthday, Your Majesty
As I’m writing about recent work I have done, this project seems timely… A few months ago, Scripture Union’s team in the south east of England approached me about writing for the Queen! They were...
View ArticleLost friends
A while ago, a friend from university (Hello Orlando!) posted a link to this article, about how friendships can slide away from you when you reach your 30s or 40s. It’s an interesting read, but I’m not...
View ArticleAnother birthday
So, Creative Daydream is six years old today. I’m not sure the version of myself who left Scripture Union in 2012 would actually believe I’d still be going in 2018. I left with a vague idea of what I...
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