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Originally Posted by gmw
I assume that definitions 1 and 2 are out, which leaves us looking at "preeminent performer" - doesn't that suggest something slightly different to your always subjective "very good" interpretation? To me it suggests that he's talking about one that performs extremely well, and with books I would normally think that performance related to sales rather than quality of the prose.
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Unless you are already very popular though, you have no idea how a novel will sell. In this case a "Stellar Manuscript" using the definition of stellar you posted would have to be called a "Potentially Stellar Manuscript".
In the context of his post he is using stellar to mean "very good" (Which is how the Mirriam-Webster dictionary lists it).
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stellar