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>>I've come across a problem in my all-too-amateurish writing and am asking those  
>>more experienced (or just more imaginative) for help.  There is a certain flow  
>>I wish to maintain in putting a thought or a description inside a spoken  
>>sentence, but no particular construction seems right to me.  Here is an example  
>>of the sort of thing I'm working with:
>>
>>She said, "I'm posting you about my problem--" Her hands became clumsy on the  
>>keyboard. "--and I hope you're able to help me."

Spoken sentence?  That might be what's getting to you. I wouldn't worry about
making the quote into a sentence.  People rarely talk in complete sentences.
Maybe just winging it would work. Try imagining yourself as the character and
try saying out loud (not in your head, it doesn't work) what your character
wants to say....

Maybe something as simple as keeping the non-quotes as sentences and the quotes
as whatever sounds good - forget about good grammar.

She said, "I've got a problem... " Her hands became clumsy on the keyboard.
"I hope you can help."

or

"I'm posting you about my problem," she said, her hands moving clumsily on
the keyboard. "I hope you can help."

there the non-quotes aren't really sentences, but the quotes are...

don't worry about grammar so much when you write. worry about grammar when
you edit what you've written. But don't edit _as_ you write... maybe that
will help... too often when I write it's hard not to criticize my writing
_as_ I'm writing it. That distracts me from the purpose -- writing.
Writing and editing are two different skills, writing gets your thoughts OUT
and lets you expand... editing constricts and restricts your words. Using the
two together is difficult.

just opinions....